SL Buddhist monks attacked a second time in Chennai : Don’t be deluded by Champika , Sobitha, Nanasara Mongols

(Lanka-e-News-19.March.2013, 10.00PM) Within just two days, a second Buddhist monk had again been assaulted severely yesterday even when he was running away and trying to escape. The latter who came from Delhi by Chennai express train was brutally assaulted , chased behind when he was fleeing and assaulted again and again at the Chennai station. A 33 year old monk residing at Kandy district who went on a pilgrimage with twenty others to Dambadiva was the unfortunate victim of this incident. In any case , when analyzing the two incidents it is evident that , the assailants had a premeditated plan to video these assaults and give them a wide publicity .When viewing the video recordings and the photographs of the two attacks made on Saturday and today , it is clear that these have not been done by apprentices but by those who had been trained systematically . Though these events may look as accidents , the presence of these video and photography personnel at the venue cannot be accidental. Moreover , in today’s incident , the assailants instead of averting the cameras are trying to look at the cameras and make speeches , thereby confirming the doubts. Hence it is obvious that some political stooges are trying to score plus points via these actions and please the politicos who have prodded and pushed them to perform their tasks. Even in 1983 black July , when the SL Tamils faced a traumatic situation in the riots , and during the 30 year period of the war , the Buddhist monks who visited Tamil nadu did not confront such a disaster . Hence it is imperative that attention is focused on this present violence , and probe why it is so. The MaRa regime instead of ushering in peace and ethnic harmony in the country after the war when the opportunity is knocking at the door , pursuing a Govt. sponsored policy of stoking religious extremism and fanaticism is inexcusable . The MaRa regime therefore must accept full responsibility for this. The Buddhist leaders and prelates following a silent policy in this climate when extremism and racism are rearing their ugly heads must also take a share of the responsibility. The destruction of statues of Tamil leaders , attacking the religious places of worship of other races, subjecting the SL Tamils to persecution interminably and continuing to dupe and deceive India had led to this fanning of extremism in India . In SL when the extremist Buddhist monks stormed into religious places of worship of other races and harassed them , the Buddhist religious leaders, the Mahanayakes ( Buddhist extremist monks regardless) who followed an inert silent policy , must understand what mental suffering the Buddhist monks are experiencing when they are being subjected to similar cruelties in India. Haven’t the so called Buddhist leaders trespassed on their religious limits because of selfish self centered political obsessions ? Under the MaRa regime the country had been plunged into a most sorrowful plight. They cannot step into a European country. . And now , the clergy as well as the people cannot step into the country’s closest neighbor – India. While this is the true position , Minister Champika the notorious extremist and racist following the policy of Hitler against the Jews in Nazi Germany, had announced in his characteristic brutish and barbaric tone that no Sri Lankan should visit Tamil nadu and none from Tamil nadu should be allowed to visit SL. His party President Sobitha Thero the other extremist fanatic if not a lunatic , has made a more stupid utterance that the Muslims are trying to circumcise the Buddhists and make them wear caps. If the advice of these buffoons like Champika , Sobitha , Nanasara and their tomfoolery are followed this country is headed for an inevitable catastrophe , that is for sure. For extremism there are no extremism answers. Neither can the chief buffoon of the lot who is wallowing in the sufferings of the people and cheering these extremists by hitting on the chest with his arms like a King Kong chimpanzee find a solution via behind the scenes fanaticism and lunacy. A political solution cannot be found by hitting on the chest however hard with the arms. Nowhere in the world has a chimpanzee found political solutions .No country in the world had been successful after antagonizing the nearest and largest neighbor. The media must at this juncture see to it without playing volleyball for MaRa and inflating their own balls in their stock with selfish motives , promote diplomacy , honest and intelligent measures sans extremism. The responsibility of the media is not to lift their balls for MaRa as high as possible in the volleyball game and stoop as far as possible for sordid selfish gains.

Sri Lankans get assaulted in Tamil Nadu due to irresponsible rule of Rajapaksa government – Vijitha Herath

WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2013 

Incidents like assaulting and harassing Sri Lankans in Tamil Nadu take place and escalate due to neglect of its national and international obligations by Rajapaksa government says the Information Secretary of the JVP Vijitha Herath.

Mr. Herath says the government should immediately mediate to halt harassing of Sri Lankans in Tamil Nadu by urging Indian government to have a permanent programme to protect Sri Lankans in India. He says mere diplomatic powwows would not bring about a permanent solution for the issue.

He said, “It is the government that violates human rights in the country. It is the government that assaults journalists; murder them and torch media institutions. The government that maintains a semi-military administration in the North has made people in the North live in tarpaulin tents.

This is a time the Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim masses in the country are confronted with many issues. It is due to arbitrary and un-democratic rule of the Rajapaksa government.

In such a situation assaulting, attacking and harassing Bhikkus who engage in archaeological research and university students who study there is not correct. It would create enmity, anger and hatred between the two nations.

It is the government of Sri Lanka that is wrong and creates an environment for such situations. The government must mediate immediately. It should first protect democracy in the country. If this issue is not resolved immediately it could grow into a serious crisis,” said Mr. Herath.