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by M. P. Muttiah

Tamil political parties in Southern Sri Lanka have formed a third force. Upcountry and Western Province political parties have formed a new alliance called Democratic People's Alliance (DPA) on Friday. Western Province People's Front, Worker's Liberation Front and the National Union of Workers' are the constituent parties of the Alliance.

Western People's Front President, Parliamentarian Mano Ganeshan, Western Provincial Councillor Praba Ganesan, Worker's Liberation Front' leader and Central Provincial Council Minister S. Arulsamy, Central Provincial Councillor P. Dhihambaram, NUW President D. Aiyathurai and former Secretary General of the Upcountry People's Front M. Sivalingam participated at the inaugural ceremony in Colombo.

The DPA in its manifesto said that it would dedicate itself for the upliftment of the lives of people in upcountry and Western Province, uniting Tamils, irrespective of caste, race and religion, living in the Southern Sri Lanka, to put forward socio-economic development plans to the plantation workers, and to cultivate ethnic solidarity and unity among Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities, and support the policy of solving ethnic crisis on the basis of one Sri Lanka with full autonomy to North East.

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