NDF Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa has won the faith of Tamil minority following the decision of the TNA's main party, Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) to support him a short while ago.
Sajith Premadasa has taken a lead in the race for presidency as his main contender Gotabaya Rajapaksa had run out of steam as he has antagonized the Tamil community by uttering communal and racist statements.
An electoral analysis indicates that the isolation of the minorities by Gotabaya Rajapksa’s racist camp was a key factor of distancing minorities from the SLPP.
The two provinces of the North and the East where the Tamil and Muslim communities are expected overwhelmingly to vote for Sajith Premadasa along with districts in other parts of Sri Lanka where the minority communities constitute the majority.
In this context, Gotabaya Rajapaksa had to get 6 out of 10 votes from the majority Sinhala-Buddhist community to offset the losses from the minorities.
The Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has decided to support New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming Presidential Election.
ITAK, the main constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance, will support Minister Sajith Premadasa at the Presidential Election 2019, ITAK media spokesperson MP M. A. Sumanthiran announced.
The decision has been taken at the central committee meeting of the party today.
Sumanthiran noted that TNA Leader R. Sampanthan has been requested to inform the decision of TELO and PLOTE, the two remaining parties in TNA shortly.
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