Former convener of the Inter University Students’ Federation Udul Premaratne told journalists today that there is an attempt by the government to brand political opponents as LTTE supporters.
“Once someone is branded as an LTTE activist, it is easy for the government to suppress his or her rights. The government tries to brand us too as terrorists,” Mr. Premaratne said.
Also, he said that Jaffna undergraduates had started jeering when the Minister started speaking in Sinhala without a Tamil interpreter.
“After jeering by the students who were present, a Tamil interpreter had been brought,” he said. (Kelum Bandara
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