In reference to the Vedukunarimalai temple dispute, a former member of parliament and EPRLF secretary Sivasakthi Anandan has stated that Hindus will teach Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe a lesson during the presidential election.
During a press conference on March 9, 2024, at his Vavuniya party headquarters, he made reference to this.
He went on, "The police and special task forces from that area came and interfered with the Mahashivarathri festival of the temple when the devotees went to worship Mahashivarathri at Vavuniya North, Vedukunarimalai Adi Shiva temple."
Particularly in the temple, the police have disrupted nighttime puja service despite the directive to do routine devotion without disturbing the archeology.
Numerous individuals there, including the priest, have been taken into custody. They were taken into custody and had their clothes taken off. The objects of worship have been desecrated by them. Not permitted to transport water.
The government of Sri Lanka has meticulously prepared this entire operation. The police have been constantly disturbing the temple.
These limitations were put in place because a Buddhist monk had declared that those who belong to the majority race ought to be brought there.
As a result, it is unacceptable that the president, ministers, and government constantly interfere with the temple's devotion.
The president, ministers, and government should be held accountable for their persistent disruption of the temple's worship.
We consider it a great betrayal of the people of Vanni who cast their votes for you, the members of the Vanni Parliament, particularly the ruling party members, to undertake little development under the pretext of collaborating with the government on development projects.
In order to help you in your future political endeavors, these lawmakers who back the administration ought to speak with the president and put an end to the police's constant disturbance of this temple's worship.
In the forthcoming presidential election, it will be challenging to win over Tamil voters, particularly Hindu Christians, given Ranil Wickremesinghe's actions and remarks about reconciliation on the one hand.
In the presidential election, Hindus will teach Trump a lesson," he declared.