While reflecting on this sorry state of affairs in a despondent mood, the descriptions “third grade politics” and “dirty politics” keep recurring in my thoughts. Enhancing this disillusionment further is the spectacle of an eminent retired Supreme Court judge transforming into a third-grade politician engaging in cheap politics on the one hand, and responsible ministers talking of potential “Nandhikkadals” in Wellawatte and Mattakkuliya on the other. The hawkish manner in which the TNA conducted its campaign as well as the hostility it has evoked amid the hardliners in the South does not augur well for the positive future of the Northern Provincial council.
Despite the widely prevalent optimism, this writer however is quite pessimistic at this point of time about this expectation.
The electoral triumph of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) at the election to the Northern Provincial Council is being viewed by many as a significant breakthrough in the long struggle waged by Sri Lankan Tamils to achieve equality and justice in the Island.
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