Sri Lanka's major Tamil constituency eyeing Colombo Municipal Council

Political sources say that Sri Lanka's major Tamil constituency Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will contest the upcoming local government election in number of councils in the southern areas of the island.

Sources say that the TNA is eyeing to Colombo Municipal Council as a large number of Tamils live in the metropolitan area.

Democratic People's Front (DPF) led by former MP Mano Ganeshan holds power among Colombo Tamils. But the split in the party since the sole MP of DPF Prabha Ganeshan has joined the government, has paved way for TNA, political sources say.

TNA made up of several Tamil political groups was ill famous as a pro-Tamil Tiger group and so far contested elections only in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.