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student-name Surjeet Singh Manhas asked in Social Science
Why did the Sinhala community seek to secure dominance over government in Sri Lanka?How did they do so?
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student-name Charu Kalra answered this
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The following points may help you:
a. Tamils in Sri Lanka are the natives of the island country and constitute the minority group there.
b. The Sinhala community has always sought to impose its will and dominance over the country since they are in majority.
c. The Tamils there, have been deprived of their basic civil political rights and have been the victims of discrimination.
d. The Sri Lankan constitution did not give recognition to the minority group and instead recognised Sinhala as the official language.
e. State policies also sought to give preference to the Sinhala community in terms of jobs and educational institutions.
f. Tamil dominated regions have also been deprived of autonomy.
g. Political leaders and parties have been insensitive to the demands of the minority group.
h. Thus, such a policy of majoritarianism deteriorated relations between the two communities leading to ethnic conflict.
i. Lack of power sharing between the two groups and lack of adequate representation and accommodation of the interests of the Tamils led to civil war.
✌❤Dominance of sinhala community over government:❤✌
- ❤As the Sinhalese are majority in Sri Lanka and as per the 1956 act they have more power and powerful sources than minority. ❤
- ❤So the leaders of Sinhala community sought to secure dominance over government by virtue of their majority❤