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Describe majoritarianism in SRI Lanka? Briefly Fast

Answer 1

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Majoritarianism is a belief according to which the majority community of a nation should frame rules in whichever way it wants, even if it results in disregarding and ignoring the wishes and needs of the minority communities.

Majoritarianism refers to the rule of a group of majority, also implying the powers exercised by those who are a part of the majority, such as the Sinhalas in Sri Lanka. The Tamil people felt alienated because the government of Sri Lanka did not recognize their rights and criticized them.

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Answer 2

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• Sri Lanka became independent of the colonial rule in 1948, it had two major communities, the Sinhalese (74 per cent) and the Tamilians (18 per cent).
• As the Sinhalese were in majority, they elected themselves to power, introduced a series of majoritarian policies to ascertain the supremacy of their community.
• They appointed Sinhalese people to preferential positions in government and also made Sinhala as the only official language of the nation.
• They established sinhala supremacy.
• They protect faster Buddhism in Sri Lanka.

• Various government measures gradually increased the feeling of alienation among the Tamilians of Sri Lanka.

• This led to dissent among the Tamilian community, which with time strained the relations between the Sinhala and Tamil communities.

• The distrust between both the communities finally culminated into a Civil war, with Tamilians demanding the formation of independent Tamil state in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka.