Every opportunity should be used by the Tamil speaking leaders to encourage the government to continue with ongoing initiatives and not let them peter out. Tamil Speaking PoliticsBesides the powwow with the President, the new grouping of Tamil Speaking Political organizations leaders has raised questions about its purpose, who is included and who is excluded, its electoral intentions, and its relationship with the government and the main opposition. Not surprisingly the first welcome sign for the Tamil speaking common platform came from the inimitable JVP veteran and NPP Minister, K.D. Ironically, the Federal Party’s concept of the Tamil Speaking People was not a federal concept but a unitary concept. Today’s manifestation of the Tamil Speaking collective is not at all unitary and totally federal.