Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Leader MP Mano Ganesan met French Ambassador to Sri Lanka Rémi Lambert at his residence, accompanied by a TPA delegation, where they raised concerns that Malaiyaha Sri Lankans, particularly plantation residents, continue to face exclusion from equal treatment under the Government’s Rebuilding Sri Lanka housing initiative.
In a post on ‘X’, MP Mano Ganesan stated that the French Ambassador was informed that the Malaiyaha Sri Lankans were the worst affected by the Cyclone Ditwah disaster.
“We apprised the Ambassador, with facts: Malaiyaha SriLankans, especially plantation residents, were the worst affected by the Ditwah disaster, yet are systematically excluded from equal treatment under the GoSL’s Rebuilding Sri Lanka housing initiative. Despite official commitments, the promised LKR 5 million grant & land allocation to every displaced family remain denied to the plantation community. This is not oversight—it is institutional discrimination,” MP Mano Ganesan alleged.
The TPA Leader further said that repeated requests for a meeting between the TPA and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to discuss these unresolved, community-specific injustices have been deliberately ignored.
“We urged France to actively use its good offices to press the GoSL to end this discriminatory practice and ensure equal rights, equal resources, and equal dignity for Malaiyaha Sri Lankans,” he added.
MP Mano Ganesan said that he further appealed that France, as a leading European Union member, must insist that land and housing rights for the Malaiyaha community be made a condition for Sri Lanka’s continued access to GSP+benefits. (Newswire)