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Tamil National People's Front


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nameTamil National People's Front
native_nameதமிழ் தேசியத்திற்கான மக்கள் முன்னணி
ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ
logoTamil National People's Front Logo.jpg
logo_size250px
colorcode
presidentGajendrakumar Ponnambalam
secretary_generalS. Kajendren
founderGajendrakumar Ponnambalam
leader1_titleVice President
leader1_nameR. E. Anandaraja
Rajakon Hariharan
Visvalingam Manivannan
Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
P. Sithamparanathan
founded
splitTamil National Alliance
headquarters43, 3rd Cross Street, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
ideologyTamil nationalism
Regionalism
Secularism
affiliation1_titleRegional affiliation
colorsYellow
seats1_titleParliament of Sri Lanka
seats1
seats3_titleLocal Government
seats3
websitewww.tnpf.info
countrySri Lanka

ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ Rajakon Hariharan Visvalingam Manivannan Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam P. Sithamparanathan Regionalism Secularism The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) is a Sri Lankan political alliance which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was launched on 28 February 2010 as breakaway faction of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Its main constituent is the All Ceylon Tamil Congress and it also includes former TNA Jaffna district MPs Selvarajah Kajendren and Pathmini Sithamparanathan.

It contests under the Ideology of "Two-Nations in One Country" meaning Sri Lankan State as the country comprising the Sinhala nation and the Tamil nation in a pluri-national society and supports Federalism as a model to achieve this goal. But diverges from the TNA in that the TNPF does not agree on the devolutionary path to federalism. It also opposes both the concept of Sri Lankan nation state and the concept of a Sinhala State.

2010 Parliamentary General Election

References

References

  1. (1 March 2010). "Tamil National Peoples Front launched in Jaffna". [[TamilNet]].
  2. (24 February 2011). "TNPF announces Central Committee, prepares party constitution". [[TamilNet]].
  3. Telegraph, Colombo. (2015-08-29). "TNPF For 'Two-Nations in One Country': Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam".
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