Which measures of the Sri Lankan government are responsible for increasing alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils?

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Sri Lanka should protect and foster Buddhism.

Sinhala applicants for university positions and government jobs are favoured.

Both (1) and (2)

Migration of Tamils was stopped.

answer is C.

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The measures of the Sri Lankan government responsible for increasing alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils are,

Sri Lanka should protect and foster Buddhism and favour Sinhala applicants for university positions and government jobs. Sri Lanka's democratically elected government used several majoritarian steps to achieve Sinhala supremacy and increase alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils.

A statute (Act of 1956) was passed in 1956 to recognise Sinhala as the national language, ignoring Tamil.

A new Constitution of Sri Lanka mandated that the state safeguard and promote Buddhism. The governments implemented preferential procedures favouring Sinhala applicants for academic and government employment.

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