By Kushali Atukorale
The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday expressed fear that the entire Eastern Province will be taken over by the Muslims soon, resulting in the Sinhalese being thrown out of the province.

The party’s spokesman Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe charged that Muslims in large numbers were being resettled in the province, following the liberation of the East from the LTTE.

“The large numbers prove a threat to the Sinhalese who live in the province,” Warnasinghe told The Nation.
He charged the National Unity Alliance Leader Ferial Ashraff and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress as the culprits behind this clandestine move by internal and local Muslim extremists to throw out the Sinhalese.

“Earlier the Sinhalese had a problem when they had to flee their houses because of the harassment meted out to them by the Tigers. Now they face a similar threat from the Muslims,” Warnasinghe charged.

The JHU has meanwhile requested the government to take action against those who give special preference to Muslims, emphasising that all ethnic groups must be allowed to be resettled equally, with no special treatment given to a single ethnic group.
“If not we will take proper action in favour of the Sinhalese whereas the other parties should take care of the remaining groups,” the party spokesman said.

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