That this would “deprive” the people’s right to vote. The Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians said on Thursday that while 250,000 people are displaced and are languishing in refugee camps the Sri Lankan government is conducting a census that would deprive the community of its voting rights.

Mr. R. Sampanthan, MP, the Parliamentary Group Leader of TNA, Batticaloa district members of Parliament, T. Kanagasabai, S. Jeyananthamoorthy, Miss. K. Thangeswary and P. Ariyaneththiran, Amparai district MP, K. Pathmanathan and Jaffna district MP Suresh Premachchandran said this in a joint press release.

“From 25 April till today, 250,000 Tamil people in the East made refugees as a result of various offensives. Only 75,000 families have been so far resettled. The rest are languishing in refugee camps and the some have even gone to the other districts…” the release said.

In this context, conducting a census is not only unfair but also has sinister motives. “This is a breach of the fundamental rights of the Tamil people and deprives their democratic right of exercising their ballots,” the MPs said.

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