Tamil students of the Hindu Society and Tamil Society of the Colombo University met Minister Douglas Devananda at his Ministry on Friday (22-08-08) afternoon.

Speaking to the students the Minister called for the cooperation of the student community in our country and asked them to break their silence and come forward to remove injustice, preserve human rights and respect the freedom of individuals in our society.

Minister Devananda also explained to them the participation of the students in the freedom struggle in the past and also told them how the LTTE has misled the student community in the struggle now. He also told them how the LTTE is recruiting the students by force in the uncleared areas and how they are killed in the meaningless war. He expressed with sentiment that every child that is killed is a child of one of our mothers’, therefore he called for the students to come forward and raise their voice against these injustice he said.

As a caring father Velupillai Pirabaharan is providing for his own children and giving them higher education. In the same manner he should think, if it is fair on his part to abduct and recruit the children of the others, by force and get them killed.

Minister Douglas Devananda congratulated the Colombo University Tamil Society students for conducting the Tamil Language contest at the District level and also wished the Colombo University Hindu Society Students success in the Cultural Programme, which is to be held on September 7th. He also gave financial assistant from the Maheswary Centre Fund to the Hindu Society Students as a first step for the cultural programme they are organizing.

Along with Colombo University Tamil students, the International Hindu Authority Head Desabanthu Sivashri Balaravisankar and Secretary Ramachandra Babu Sharma also participated in the meeting with Minister Douglas Devananda and blessed the occasion.