Gajen Ponnambalam MP
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President TNPF - Tamil National People's Front ( @TnpfOrg ); General Secretary ACTC - All Ceylon Tamil Congress ( @ActcOrg ); Member of Parliament for Jaffna
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(1) சிறீலங்கா காவல்துறையினரால் நேற்று என்மீது விடுக்கப்பட்ட கொலை அச்சுறுத்தல் குறித்து உரிமையுடனும் சகோதரத்துவத்துடனும் தமிழக மக்கள் சார்பில் எழுந்த தங்கள் (
@SeemanOfficial
) தோழமைக்குரலிற்குச் சிரம் தாழ்த்தி எம் நன்றிகளை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.
@NaamTamilarOrg
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@RajapaksaNamal
If you all truly believe in your version of the facts ,it might be a good idea to test it by agreeing to establish an international criminal tribunal that looks into the last 75 years of this islands crimes, don’t you think? The Tamils are willing to face upto it! Why not you?
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Since my wife, daughter and I were showing symptoms of Covid-19 we had ourselves tested. This morning we got the results with positive findings. We would therefore appreciate all those who have been in contact with us recently to have themselves tested and self isolate.
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(7) ஈழத் தமிழ் அரசியலை ஒற்றையாட்சிக்குட்பட்ட 13 ம் திருத்தச் சட்டத்துக்குள் முடக்க நினைக்கும் சதிமுயற்சிக்கு எதிராகவும்
@SeemanOfficial
அண்ணன் செயற்பட்டு வருவதையும் வரவேற்கின்றேன்.
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(2) குறிப்பாக ஒரு பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினருக்கே இந்நிலையெனில் சாதாரண மக்கள் அரசிடமிருந்து எதிர்கொள்ளும் அச்சுறுத்தல் எத்தகையதென
@SeemanOfficial
கேட்டிருப்பதுதான் எமது தாய்நிலத்தின் யதார்த்தத்தைப் பட்டவர்த்தனமாக வெளிப்படுத்தியிருக்கிறது.
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(6) எம்மோடு எப்போதும் இணைந்திருக்கும் தாய்த்தமிழக மக்களிடம் விநயமுடன் வேண்டிக்கொள்கிறேன்.
விடிவு என்பது ஒருபோதும் ஒற்றையாட்சிக்குள் சாத்தியமில்லை என்ற
@SeemanOfficial
அண்ணனின் ஆழமான பார்வையையும்
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The Colpetty Police just came to my house in Colombo to serve a written information to me in Sinhala. I refused to accept it as I can’t read or write Sinhala. They subsequently read it to me in Sinhala saying that all they needed to do was to inform me. (1)
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@AzzamAmeen
Before we ask others questions, how about you Mr President
@RW_UNP
explaining Sri Lanka’s double standards on how you approach the question of Palestinian self determination and Tamil self determination?
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The
@TnpfOrg
unreservedly condemns the arrest of Manivannan by the TID and calls for his immediate release. The severe racial and political insecurities of this regime have reached such heights that a steady path towards fascism is inevitable.
#tamil
#lka
Read full story: Mayor of Jaffna arrested by Sri Lanka's terrorism division
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(4) எமது மக்கள் மீது தொடர்ச்சியாக கட்டவிழ்த்துவிடப்பட்டிருக்கும் இனவழிப்பு நடவடிக்கைகளை எதிர்கொண்டு அதற்கு எதிராக அறவழியில் போராடும் எமக்கு, உங்களைப் போன்றவர்களின் தோழமைக்குரல் நிச்சயம் உறுதியைக் கொடுக்கும்.
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(3) மக்களின் குரலை அடக்குமுறைகள், அச்சுறுத்தல்கள் மூலம் அடக்கிவிட முயல்வதுதான் அதிகாரவர்க்கத்தின் அடிப்படை அணுகுமுறை. ஆனால் உரிமைக்காக உறுதிபூண்ட மக்களின் குரலை அதிகாரமோ அச்சுறுத்தலோ ஒன்றும் செய்துவிடமுடியாது என்பது எமக்கு வரலாறு கற்றுக்கொடுத்த பாடம்.
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@alisabrypc
If your govt truly believes that minister, sign up to the Rome Statute and let’s have the ICC investigate and get to the bottom of it.
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It was an honor to meet with Rep.
@Ilhan
Omar &
@RepSummerLee
!
I am grateful for their leadership as powerful voices for human rights and for their continued support for the demands of the Tamil people for justice & accountability for genocide and a lasting political solution.
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I wish to most sincerely thank all those who raised their voices in challenging the blatantly illegal actions of the Police on the 2nd of June Maruthenkerni incident targeting me and other members of the TNPF. (1)
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(5) எம்மீது தொடர்ச்சியாக கட்டவிழ்த்துவிடப்பட்டிருக்கும் அடக்குமுறைகளை வெளிக்கொண்டுவரவும் அதற்கெதிரான எமது மக்களின் அறவழிப் போராட்டத்துக்குத் தோழமையுணர்வுடனான ஆதரவையும் தொடர்ந்தும் கொடுக்கவேண்டும் என்றும்
உணர்வாலும் உள்ளத்தாலும்
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The systemic racism by all arms of the state against the Tamil speaking people is no surprise. It is the root cause of the conflict. But despite the lessons of the past, and in particular of the recent past, the abject silence of the south is what’s telling. Nothings changed!
#SriLanka
security forces & Police refuse to permit the vehicles carrying
#Tamil
devotees proceeding to the
#Vedukkunari
Adhi Sivan Kovil for the holy
#Mahasivarathiri
.
Hence, devotees were forced to walk 10km carrying water & Pooja materials from Olamadu-Veladi junction.
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The Minister of Health replied my 27(2) question on why burials are not allowed when scientifically there is nothing to prevent it by hiding a experts’ virologists report recommending burials. Watch the sad face of a government that habitually lies.
#tamil
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சிறீலங்கா காவல்துறையினர் என்னை சட்டவிரோதமாக கைது செய்ததை கண்டித்து, எனது விடுதலைக்காக குரல்கொடுத்த /செயற்பட்ட அனைத்து உறவுகளுக்கும் எனது உள்ளம் கனிந்த நன்றிகள். உங்கள் ஆதரவே எமது பலம். (1)
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Arrest first, manufacture the “evidence” later!
eight Tamils arrested while participating in the Sivaratri festival at
#Vedukunarimalai
Adhisivan Temple were not granted bail today due to incomplete police investigations. The case will be revisited next Tuesday.
Via
@JeraThampi
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(8) That a minister can behave in this manner when UNHRC’s gaze is on Sri Lanka,only shows how unperturbed the state is with regards to the UNHRC. If Lka is not taken beyond the UNHRC to the ICC as a matter of urgency, the plight of Tamil victims stand to deteriorate far more.
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.
@Facebook
’s
@instagram
’s actions against
@TamilGuardian
is not only disgraceful and unacceptable but must be condemned outright. The world pandered to the
#SriLankan
state to such an extent that it allowed a war that culminated in
#tamil
#genocide
. (1)
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@ManthriLK_Watch
@ParliamentLK
.
@TiranAlles
is a liar! Attached messages were personally served on me by the Colpetty police at 8.30PM on the 6th night. The notice asks me to make d statement on the 8th morning at 10AM in Maruthenkerni. Despite this I was arrested on the 7th morning, a day before the due date.
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Whilst driving to colombo to attend parliament this week I was informed by OIC Maruthenkerni that I am an accused person in the 2nd of June incident and that the Speaker of Parliament has been informed of the need to question and possibly arrest me. (1)
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(6) To have the Minister who is supposed to look after their affairs threaten to kill them can’t possibly make their trauma any worse! The TNPF calls for the immediate resignation of the minister and for him to be stripped of all portfolios.
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(2) The State Minister had them pointed his personal firearm at them and had threatened to kill them on the spot.
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(3) The TNPF condemns in the strongest possible terms this dastardly behaviour of the State Minister. Tamil political prisoners are already traumatised for being held in detention under one of the most draconian pieces of legislation known to the world, the PTA.
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1. The daily mirror has become a paper that compulsively lies or just is completely incompetent in reporting the truth! The group that went with me was refused permission to carry out the Pongal, in clear violation of the court order. We returned without doing a pongal.
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இலங்கை முழுவதற்குமான இறுதிப் போட்டியில் பொல்காவலை பராக்கிரமபாகு மத்திய மகாவித்தியாலய அணியை எதிர்த்து விளையாடிய தெல்லிப்பழை மகாஜனக் கல்லூரி 1 - 0 என்ற அடிப்படையில் தோற்கடித்து 2019ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான சம்பியனானது.
வெற்றிபெற்ற வீராங்கனைகளுக்கும் பயிற்சியாளருக்கும் வாழ்த்துக்கள்!!
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(7) The TNPF wishes to point out to the Co-group of countries on Sri Lanka at the
#UNHRC
to understand the futility of the UNHRC and containing Sri Lanka within a institution that will never deliver on a reluctant state that has mastered the art of avoiding accountability.
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.
@EdwardJDavey
your prompt letter to FCO protesting my arrest and pointing to the continued grave threats faced by the Tamil people is truly appreciated. I recognize your unstinting support over the years for the Tamil people and their struggle for freedom and Justice. 🙏🏾
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Dear
@rauhantaee
, please accept my organization’s total appreciation of your efforts to have the government of Finland bring pressure upon those who committed Genocide against the
#Tamil
people in an effort to hold them to international criminal accountability.
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இலங்கையை சர்வதேச குற்றவியல் நீதிமன்றிற்குப் பாரப்படுத்த வேண்டும் -ஐ.நா மனித உரிமைகள் பேரவையில் கஜேந்திரகுமார்
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33 வருடம் இந்திய மண்ணில், தனிமை சிறையில், போதிய மருத்துவ வசதிகள் அடைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த திரு சாந்தன் அவர்கள், நீதிமன்றால் விடுவிக்கப்பட்ட பின்னரும் இந்திய சிறிலங்க அரசுகளின் மெத்தனப்போக்கால் ஒன்றரை வருடம் அடைத்துவைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த நிலையில்…. (1)
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It was wonderful meeting with
@RepDonDavis
, a tremendous ally to the Eelam Tamils! I thanked him for his powerful remarks on the House Floor, standing with us against oppression & injustice and calling for a permanent solution based on our right to self-determination.
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In a private member’s statement made by Hon.
@hugh_mcdermott
on 13/05/2021 in the
#NSW
Assembly,he called upon Australia to take the lead in recognising
#Tamil
#Genocide
committed in
#SriLanka
and to call on other countries to cooperate in referring
#lka
to the
@IntlCrimCourt
.
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(5h Even worse they have been remanded fir several years, some even more than a decade with no evidence against them and no indictments being served.
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.
@RehanJayawick
In what has been by and large a very hostile and misleading reporting against me, of the events concerning me and the police since the 2nd of June incident, your statement to the media stands out as a beacon of hope.
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Had the most delightful visitors this morning dropping in to my Colombo residence, from I think the nearby temple!
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I would like to thank all those who reached out to wish me and my family a speedy recovery from COVID-19. It’s been a tough month especially with my mother being hospitalized. We are all hopefully past the worst and are on the path of complete recovery. 🙏🏾
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It was wonderful meeting
@RepWileyNickel
, one of the strongest voices in Congress in supporting longstanding Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and self-determination. I greatly enjoyed our conversation on the necessity of international action and a political solution.
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துணிச்சல் இருந்தால் சர்வதேச நீதிமன்றில் சந்திக்கலாம் - ஸ்ரீலங்கா அரசாங்கத்திற்கு சவால் -
@skajendren
#tamil
#lka
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“Reconciliation” for this govt is merely a Foreign Relations exercise and nothing more! That is why the funding for the so-called “Reconciliation” comes under the Foreign Ministry!
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1) A multi religious team and dairy farmers from Myleththamadu, Batticaloa had gone this morning to the area to study the illegal encroaching of grazing lands by farmers from the adjoining Polonnaruwa Dist. A mob of 150 armed with swords have surrendered the multi religious team.
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My sincere thanks to
@ahrabiraj
and
@PEARL_Action
for coordinating my meetings in the US and jointly advocating for the rights of the Eelam Tamils to be recognised and for briefing about SL’s drastic democratic regressions taking place.
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@AriffShihab
@TNAmediaoffice
@MASumanthiran
@ambikasat
We fully support burials. And we support the burials to be in places that normally they would have been buried.
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This government and its agents are wiping up racism to cover up their failures. At such a time for Sinhalese people to see through this sinister agenda and openly take a stand in support of Tamil and Muslim victims at the risk of being branded “traitors” is truly inspiring (3)
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@gary_srp
@MarioArul
That the Sri Lankan state will only engage with people that the Sinhala Buddhist majority considers acceptable and will reject those that the other Peoples consider indispensable only proves that the state hasn’t even begun to understand the meaning of truth & reconciliation.
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@RepSummerLee
Your solidarity and voice against what clearly is Sri Lanka’s culture of oppression, intimidation and harassment against the Tamil people is greatly appreciated. The biggest strength of the oppressor is when the right thinking people remain silent or passive to their actions. 🙏🏾
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@Thusi_Kumar
The killers themselves were killed by the Chandrika Govt when they were liaising with our family lawyers to confess to the killing and also state by affidavit that the murder was sanctioned from the very top in Govt. including the then President and Deputy min for Defence.
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Accordingly they informed me that I needed to produce myself at the Maruthenkerni Police station on the 8th June at 10am. (2)
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.
@TnpfOrg
vehemently condemns d arrest of
@rbathiudeen
under d PTA which is a universally condemned draconian law. D timing&manner in which d arrest took place have all d hallmarks of political motivation in a country where d police act as an extension of the party in power. (1)
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The
@TnpfOrg
condemns vehemently the unlawful arrest of Velan Swami as a fascist act. An act of a rogue regime. An act that once again makes a mockery of the terms democracy and freedom of expression and freedom of speech. After 75 yrs of failure no lessons have been learnt!
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@Siobhain_Mc
Thanks so much for taking the time to discuss the situation facing the
#Tamils
in particular and in
#SriLanka
in general. And thanks so much for the wonderful work that you put in on behalf of the Tamil people. Much appreciated.
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நாம் சிங்கள பௌத்தத்துக்கு எதிரானவர்கள் அல்ல : தமிழர்களின் உரிமைகளைப் பறிக்கும் நடவடிக்கைகளையே எதிர்க்கிறோம் - கஜேந்திரகுமார் பொன்னம்பலம் |
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The police have made an application to the Kilinochchi Magistrate to ban foreign travel for me till I produce myself to the Maruthenkerni Police. (3)
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Whilst I have always respected the rule of law and have always acted in a responsible manner, I also firmly believe in challenging all unlawful actions taken in the name of maintaining the rule of law. (6)
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மயிலத்தமடு விவகாரம் ஒட்டு மொத்தமாக தமிழர்களுடைய போராட்டமாகும்: கஜேந்திரகுமார்
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1. National Organiser of the
@TnpfOrg
Mr. Dharmalingam Suresh is being hounded by the Police in the Batticaloa Dist for distributing dry rations to families who are severely economically challenged.
#tamil
#lka
@UNSriLanka
@mbachelet
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The Magistrate has ordered that till I make a statement foreign travel in prohibited. (4)
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It was a pleasure to reconnect with my friend,
@RepDannyDavis
. Congressman Davis has been a consistent advocate for the human rights and broader needs of Eelam Tamils, even visiting the Vanni nearly two decades ago. We are grateful for your continued support and friendship!
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Tamil MP refuses to meet GTF!
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It was an honor to meet with
@RepRaskin
, a true defender of democratic values. I thanked him for his remarks last summer on the House floor, in solidarity with myself & Tamil civil society, who consistently face surveillance, harassment, and violence by Sri Lankan authorities.
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Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? - Tisaranee Gunasekara. A must read!
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@RepDeborahRoss
Congresswoman Ross, your steadfast support for the Tamil people is truly appreciated. The Tamil people’s struggle is one against an existential threat! It is our very existence as a distinct Nation in Sri Lanka that is being challenged by an ethnocratic state. (1)
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@May17Movement
சிறிலங்கா பொலீசார் என்னை சட்டத்துக்கு புறம்பான முறையில் கைது செய்தமையை கண்டித்து தோழமைக்குரல் எழுப்பிய மே 17 இயக்கத்தினருக்கு எமது இதயபூர்வ நன்றிகள். (1)
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அடக்குமுறைக்கு அடிப்பணியாமல் தமிழ்த் தேசத்தின் அங்கீகாரத்திற்காகவும் தமிழின அழிப்புக்கு நீதி கோரியும் நாம்
@TnpfOrg
தொடர்ந்தும் போராடுவோம். (2)
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In particular I wish to thank the numerous individuals and organizations who stood in solidarity at a time when the culture impunity has reached staggering levels and thereby knowingly putting themselves at risk. (2)
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It is with much distress that I heard about the heart wrenching incident that took place in Kinniya, Kurinchaankerni. That this incident took place despite several MPs repeatedly raising the dangers involved shows the callous nature of the Govt’s approach that must be condemned!
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The note submitted to Hon
@DrSJaishankar
on behalf of the
@TnpfOrg
during the joint meeting he had with Tamil Political parties representing the North and East of Sri Lanka.
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This statement against
@ambikasat
must be condemned unreservedly as an attempt to browbeat her and the institution she heads into silence. The statement only betrays the bankruptcy of this Govt by the utter untruths leveled against her and on the govt’s own “achievements”.
Foreign Ministry refutes claims made by Ambika Satkunanathan to the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights
Full Media Release at:
#DiplomacyLk
#lka
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தமிழ் மக்களை வெளியேற்றுகின்ற வகையில்தான் சிறிலங்கா அரசின் செயற்பாடுகள் இருக்கின்றது | கஜேந்திரகுமார்
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அரச இயந்திரம் மீதான எதிர்ப்பை ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தல் பகிஷ்கரிப்பின் மூலமே காண்பிக்கலாம் - கஜேந்திரகுமார் பொன்னம்பலம் |
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Yesterday 03/05/2023
@TnpfOrg
organised a protest against the illegally constructed Buddhist Vihare in Thyeddy in collaboration with the people of the area. (1)
இந்த மண் எங்களின் #சொந்த_மண்!
யாழ் தையிட்டியில் சட்ட விரோதமாக கட்டப்பட்ட விகாரைக்கு அருகில் நடுநிசி ஒரு மணியை தாண்டியும் போராட்டம் தொடர்கிறது.
@TnpfOrg
கஜேந்திரன் எம்.பி, சட்டத்தரணி காண்டீபன் உட்பட சிலரை விடுதலை செய்ய இராணுவம் மறுப்பு.
#WorldwideTamils
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உலகத்தமிழர் பேரவையின் முயற்சி ஒடுக்குமுறை அரசாங்கத்துக்கு 'வெள்ளையடிக்கும்' செயற்பாடு - கஜேந்திரகுமார் |
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Note on behalf of
@TnpfOrg
handed to
@UnderSecStateP
during her joint meeting this morning with the
#Tamil
speaking people’s party leaders of the parliamentary opposition.
#lka
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I have asked the speaker to inform the IGP accordingly. He has assured me of same. I informed the police who are at home of what the speaker told me. But the police are insisting on arresting me. (10)
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I’ve been trying to contact the Speaker but his number is on roaming and there is no answer. I have left a message saying I wish to get in touch urgently. (3)
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