Janaka Yagirala

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Our politicians are famous for their monumental blunders. Therefore, it is our duty as the people of this country to stop them from happening in the first place. It was reported that the Minister of Agriculture was considering getting Indian farm hands on 3 or 6 month temporary work visas for the harvest season.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ India always looks at subjugating its neighbors. For us the LTTE was salvo number one, the 13^th Amendment was salvo number two. CEPA was another such plan but it was put on hold due to stiff opposition from the people of Sri Lanka. It appears that India is now trying other back door avenues to infiltrate Indians (especially from Tamil Nadu, the very state that protests Sri Lankan presence!) into Sri Lanka to further the Indian agenda. It only needs a bit of common sense to realize that the main objectives are to infiltrate combatants to conduct future subversive activities and alter the demographics of Sri Lanka by augmenting the Tamil population.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Our politicians made the blunder of allowing the Indians to build consulates to be built in Jaffna and Hambantota. Later on we had to deal with LTTE celebrations in the University of Jaffna. This is the thin edge of the wedge of what is in store. The police took the right action by arresting those involved (especially the effeminates who hid in the female hostel). Unfortunately, the government made the next blunder by not showing zero tolerance to this. If the government needs a lesson on this just ask a German what will happen if someone were to mourn the death of Adolf Hitler. The final irony of this incident is that the students from the University of Jaffna who were involved will continue to receive their education free of charge thanks to the Sri Lankan taxpayer.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Our brain dead politicians and lapdog media often hail the increase in Indian tourists, oblivious to (or probably benefiting from) the fact that most come to seek out work or do business (sell Indian junk which has no place in the rest of the world). A significant number of them do not leave our country.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ All we have to do is ask ourselves some simple questions. Indians have the same job opportunities in the Middle East as we do. If wages for Sri Lankan farmhands are too low, why would they take all the trouble to come here instead of go to other countries with higher wages? What assurance do we have that those who come actually leave our country? How are they going to work with Sinhalese people without knowing the language? Unless of course, they can speak Tamil and work in the NE. Now that definitely rings a few bells!

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ India is not a superpower, it is just a bully, plain and simple. With bullies, the more you cave in, the worse the bullying gets. This cabinet paper must be unconditionally withdrawn (so must the 13th Amendment) before the damage is done!