SriLanka, Oct. 25 -- The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) has sought a meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to resolve the long-standing Mayilathamadu-Mathavanai grazing land dispute in Batticaloa, warning that misleading media reports are portraying the issue as an ethnic conflict rather than addressing the concerns of affected livestock farmers.

ITAK Parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam told Parliament this week that repeated discussions in the House had failed to produce a lasting solution. He called for the relevant Government institutions and Ministries to be brought together for direct discussions with the President.

He also accused certain media outlets of distorting his remarks and presenting the dispute as an att...