TNA opposes burial of coronavirus victims
Posted on November 20th, 2020
By Dinasena Ratugamage Courtesy The Island
Vanni District TNA MP Selvam Addaikalanathan has declared that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is opposed to the move to bury Muslim covid victims in the Mannar District, under any circumstances.
TELO leader Addaikalanathan, issuing a statement on behalf of the TNA said the Tamil community wouldn’t accept burials in predominately Tamil areas.
The Vanni lawmaker emphasized that the TNA opposed the burial of corona victims in any part of the country.
The TNA issued a statement amidst a simmering controversy over the UN intervention on behalf of those pushing the government to allow burial of Muslims.