Sampanthan and the politics of the North

The passing away of the ‘father figure’ and leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, last Sunday was the passing of an era in the politics of the North. The nonagenarian was a professional, a lawyer like all of his predecessors who held sway in the politics of the North, viz., G.G. Ponnambalam, [...]

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