Sri Lanka: Mahindapuram to be Douglaspuram?

Sunday, 11 November 2007

The controversy over the naming of a housing scheme in Jaffna after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa came up before the Cabinet on Wednesday. The housing scheme had been built in Jaffna, under the auspices of Minister Douglas Devananda. Minister Devananda told the Cabinet that it gives him pleasure to call the housing scheme 'Mahindapuram.'

The President, who smilingly looked at Devananda, said that he didn't want anything named after him and suggested that the housing scheme should instead be named Douglaspuram or Devanandapuram.

At this stage, Minister Devananda continued to insist that the scheme should be named Mahindapuram. The Minister continued to point out that the name of the scheme would be Mahindapuram and not Mahindapura, but the President was not happy about the project being named after him. He stated that the matter should not become a political issue.

Devananda, who was adamant about naming the scheme Mahindapuram, however backed down in the face of the President's vehement opposition and said that he would consult the people and select a suitable name for the housing scheme.

Courtesy: The Nation, weekly newspaper published from Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Sathana said:

Bloody Idiots, first stop taking people's life and then build houses and name them.
We only need 3 days to take Jaffna back under LTTE control... that 3 days is not that far. Indian Government, you can keep planning to rescue Sinhalese Army, when this happens but Tamils are way smarter than you are.

2007-11-11 22:53:22