Denied ‘New Year’ for struggling for justice

THURSDAY, 14 APRIL 2016

There are reports of many who have lost the opportunity to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in 2016 or denied performing traditional customs due to various justified struggles they carry out.

Medical students have been engaged in a continuous ‘Sathyagraha’ opposite six medical faculties demanding to abolish Malabe private medical school and against privatization of education. They have been engaged in the ‘Sathyagraha’ for 84 days. Also, Electricity Bill Readers too have been engaged in a ‘Sathyagraha’ opposite the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy for the last 16 days.

The present yahapalana government that made a promise to abolish private medical schools before coming to power has not taken any interest to the protest campaigns carried out by doctors and many other organizations demanding the government to abolish Malabe private medical school. Medical students continue their ‘Sathyagraha’ opposite their faculties for 84 days with a lot of sacrifices.

The Electricity Bill Readers’ Union launched the ‘Sathyagraha’ opposite the Ministry to protest against the failure of authorities to make permanent employees who have been working in the ministry for 10 to 12 years.