Chennai, Dec. 20 -- Sri Lankan MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, General Secretary of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), has raised urgent concerns about the situation facing the Tamil community in Sri Lanka during his visit to Tamil Nadu.

Ponnambalam told ANI that the purpose of his visit to Tamil Nadu is to meet with leaders of political parties.

He further described the situation facing the Tamil people as both "grave and urgent." He emphasised that the international perception of peace following the end of the civil war in 2009 masks a deeper, ongoing crisis of displacement and cultural erasure.

"The purpose of our visit to Tamil Nadu is to meet with all the leaders of political parties in Tamil Nadu and with leading non-partisan ci...