Sri Lanka, March 25 -- MP Namal Rajapaksa criticized the UK's sanctions on Sri Lankan military leaders, calling it an outcome of LTTE-backed lobbying. He claimed Western nations are unfairly targeting war veterans while ignoring those who supported LTTE brutality. Rajapaksa argued that the sanctions are politically motivated and risk undermining the country's reconciliation efforts.

He warned that the move could damage the morale of Sri Lanka's security forces, potentially weakening their response to future crises. Rajapaksa accused certain Tamil politicians and international NGOs of exploiting divisions between communities for personal gain.

He emphasized that Sri Lanka's war was against terrorism, not an ethnic group, and urged the Ta...