SriLanka, April 4 -- A group of Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) members, including its Leader Mano Ganesan, met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday.

Extensive discussions were held on the issues faced by the Malayagam communities, particularly in relation to education, housing and land, as well as on the urgent measures required to address these concerns.

The President paid special attention to all these matters.

Attention was also drawn to the recruitment of qualified Tamil-medium teachers to address the teacher shortage in estate sector schools and this too was discussed at length.

MPs P. Digambaram and V. Radhakrishnan, along with several other party members, were also present at the meet...