GG PONNAMBALAM

Staff Correspondent | Published on September 21, 2011 at 6:58 am

G G Ponnambalam with his “fifty-fifty” demand -seats in the legislature to be divided between the Sinhalese and all other minorities (not just only Tamils as perceived by most of general Sinhalese masses) on a fifty-fifty basis- which, though it appeared very attractive to the Northern Dravidians and Colombo Tamils alike, did not receive much response from the colonial governors. Even Soulbury Commissioners at the time set the “fifty-fifty” demand aside saying it’s not workable. When G G Ponnambalam joined the D S Senanayake cabinet, the more ideologically vigorous group of his followers led by S J V Chelvanayakam, Q.C., formed a new party, the Federal Party which continues up to date with periodic changes to its title name.


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GG PONNAMBALAM

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