The Northern Provincial Council this week rejected the Colombo appointment resettlement task force, stating that the committee was only focused on the resettlement of the Sinhala and Muslim people into the North.
Accusing the task force of sidelining the Tamil people, the chief minister of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) said, "the resettlement of Sinhalese community in the traditional Sinhalese villages of North-East is the prime agenda of this task force."
"In particular, it is also stated that Trincomalee District has to be included. The Northern Province does not have a role in this at all," he added, when addressing the Council's 57th session on July 21st.
"The government cannot act on its own as per its own desire, ignoring the provincial council."
"The Tamil community of Northern Province and Tamils in Tamil Nadu shoulder also be resettled in their native lands along with the Sinhalese and Muslim peoples."
"At this juncture, just using the inclusion of the chief secretary of Northern Province in the task force as a pretext, sidelining us and committing an injustice to the Tamils of the Northern Province cannot be tolerated."
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