discribe the problems which arise in sri lanka due to majoritarianism
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the sinhala speakers which are living in sri lanka demanded that they should govern the whole country and they did also..as they were high in number compare to tamil speakers and after a while they suggested that sinhala would be the main language of sri lanka and in schools no tamil students will be there..but tamil spekers wanted a space to live but they didint gave that so after arguing on this issues it turn into conflict and led to civil war..which killded thousands of people and had forced families to leave country as refugees...
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Firstly what is Majoritarianism?
Ans: Majoritarianism is a political philosophy which asserts that a majority of the population (majority by language, religion or any other identifying factor) has the right to take decisions affecting the society. It means submission of the minority group to the majority group for all the decisions affecting their lives.
Problems that emerged in Sri Lanka:
Majoritarianism has increased the feeling of alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils. They felt that the constitution and government policies denied them equal political rights, discriminated against them in getting jobs and other opportunities and ignored their interests. The relation between the Sinhala and Tamil communities strained over time. The Sri Lankan Tamils launched parties and struggles for the recognition of Tamil as an official language, for Regional autonomy and equality of opportunity in securing education and jobs. By 1980s several political organisation were formed demanding an independent Tamil Eelam (state) in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. The distrust between the two communities turned into widespread conflict. It soon turned into a civil war (A civil war is a violent conflict between various groups in a country itself often due to undermining of a particular group's interests sentiments by the other group). The civil war has caused a terrible setback to the social, cultural and economic life of the country.
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