"My Leader is God Prabha": MP Archuna Ramanathan Ignites Parliament with Fiery Speech on Land Rights and Corruption BRAMPTON — Independent MP Dr. Archuna Ramanathan delivered a blistering address in Parliament today, sparking uproar with controversial declarations regarding his leadership allegiance and aggressive challenges to the government’s land settlement policies. Switching fluently between Tamil and Sinhala, the MP leveled serious accusations of administrative corruption against Parliament officials and issued a stark warning to the ruling party regarding their political future. "Settlements for Settlements" Ramanathan opened his speech by addressing the contentious issue of state-sponsored settlements. While clarifying he was not opposed to Sinhalese people settling in the Northern Province, he demanded strict reciprocity. "If Sinhalese settlements are being constructed in the North, then give us land in Muthurajawela," Ramanathan challenged, r...

Structural Displacement and Demographic Engineering: An Advocacy Dossier on the Kivul Oya Reservoir Project in Vavuniya North The resumption of the Kivul Oya Reservoir Project in 2026 has emerged as a focal point of ethnic tension, political mobilization, and human rights advocacy in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. While ostensibly a developmental initiative under the Ministry of Irrigation and the Mahaweli Authority, the project is characterized by the local Tamil population and their elected representatives as a strategic instrument of "Sinhalization"—the state-facilitated alteration of ethnic demographics to diminish Tamil political and territorial claims. 1 The protest held in Nedunkerny on February 2, 2026, underscored the deep-seated grievances regarding land dispossession, the destruction of traditional water management systems, and the perceived continuation of majoritarian policies by the National People's Power (NPP) administration. 3 This dossier prov...