SriLanka, Nov. 1 -- Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) Co-Leader Suresh Premachandran has called for greater unity among Tamil political parties, saying the demands of the Tamil people could only be achieved through collective action.

Premachandran said his alliance and the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) had been holding discussions over the past six months and had agreed to meet monthly to identify common ground on issues affecting the Tamil people and their rights.

He said the discussions were aimed at establishing a common approach to matters on which the parties could reach agreement, rather than forming an electoral alliance.

"The message conveyed to us by the Tamil diaspora and at diplomatic level is that we can achiev...