SriLanka, Feb. 20 -- Member of Parliament and National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Namal Rajapaksa, was scheduled to address the Oxford Union and Cambridge Union student societies in late February.

Strong opposition emerged from the Tamil diaspora and LTTE sympathisers across the United Kingdom against these invitations.

The Cambridge Union cancelled the scheduled lecture as a result of these protests.

A statement issued by UK-based Tamil student unions and the British Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO UK) demanded the immediate cancellation of the opportunity granted to Namal Rajapaksa.

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