The main Tamil party in Sri Lanka, Tamil national Alliance (TNA) has asked the government to take a final decision on the disposal of the bodies of Muslim COVID victims saying that continuous denial of the Muslims’ religious rites by the government is a violation of fundamental rights.

Issuing a statement, TNA Spokesman parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran said the Parliamentary Group of the Tamil National Alliance, at its meeting held on 19th December 2020 unanimously took the decision to call on the government to arrive at a final decision with regard to the disposal of bodies of Muslim COVID victims.

“It is compulsory to arrive at a final decision with regard to the disposal of bodies of our Muslim brethren who die of COVID19 without delay,” the statement said.

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