නිදහස් දින පණිවුඩය

 ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය සියලු පුරවැසියන් 73 වන ජාතික නිදහස් දිනය සමරනු ලබන්නේ ඉමහත් අභිමානයෙනි. යටත් විජිතයක් බවට පත් වූ දින පටන් නිදහස දිනා ගැනීමට ලක්වැසියන් කළ කැපවීම හා සටන් ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ නම් දරා තිබේ.

 යුද ශක්තිය මෙන්ම දේශපාලන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික මුහුණුවරින් ද උපක්‍රමික අරගලවල යෙදෙමින් නිදහස දිනාගත් අතීතයක් ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ජාතියට හිමිය.

 අද වන විට අපගේ මාතෘභූමියට අවශ්‍යව ඇත්තේ ලැබූ නිදහස අර්ථවත් කර ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියයි. ජාතීන් අතර සමගිය වර්ධනය කර ගැනීම හා ආගමික සංහිඳියාව ඊට දක්වන්නේ ප්‍රබල පිටුබලයකි.

විවිධ අභියෝග හමුවේ දේශියත්වය අගයන ආර්ථික ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් තුළින් මාතෘ භූමිය සංවර්ධනය කරා ගෙනයාමේ මාවතට අප දැන් ප්‍රවිෂ්ට වී තිබේ.

 සෑම ක්ෂේත්‍රයකම සිදුවිය යුතු ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අවබෝධ කරගනිමින් ජනතාව මත තැබූ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති මාලාවෙන් නිදහස තවත් අර්ථවත් වනවිට “ඉසුරුමත් හෙට දිනක් – සෞභාග්‍යමත් මව්බිමක්”  යන්න යථාර්තයක් වනු ඇත.

ඉතිහාසය පුරාවට මාතෘ භූමියට එරෙහි දෙස් විදෙස් බලවේග මෙන්ම ත්‍රස්තවාදය පරාජය කිරීමේ ස්ථිර ප්‍රතිපත්තියක අපි කටයුතු කළෙමු. කොතරම් අභියෝග පැමිණිය ද අපගේ මාතෘ භූමිය අප කිසි ලෙසකින් පාවා දී නැත.

 කොවිඩ් – 19 දැන් ලෝකය හමුවේ ඇති විශාලම අභියෝගයයි. ජනතාව මෙම අර්බුදයෙන් නිදහස් කර ගැනීමේ සටනට අප දැන් උර දී සිටී. සතුරු බලවේග පරාජය කිරීමට මෙන්ම කොවිඩ් – 19 පරාජය කිරීමට ද ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ජාතියක් ලෙස අපි නැගී සිටිමු.

 අපගේ මාතෘ භූමියේ භෞමික අඛණ්ඩතාව හා ස්වෛරීත්වය වෙනුවෙන් ජීවිත පරිත්‍යාග කළ හා අපරිමිත කැපවීම් කළ සියලු දෙනාටත් වර්තමානයේ එම අභියෝගය හමුවේ නොසැලී කැපවන දෑ හිතකාමී සියලු දෙනාටත් මාගේ ගෞරවය පුද කරමි.

 

 මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය

 

சுதந்திர தின செய்தி

அனைத்து இலங்கையர்களும் 73 ஆவது சுதந்திர தினத்தை மிகுந்த பெருமையுடன் கொண்டாடுகின்றனர்.

காலனித்துவ காலத்திலிருந்து சுதந்திரத்திற்கான மக்களின் அர்ப்பணிப்பும் போராட்டமும் உலக வரலாற்றில் நன்கு அறியப்பட்டவை.

அரசியல், மத மற்றும் கலாசார ரீதியாக மூலோபாய போராட்டங்கள் மூலம் சுதந்திரம் பெற்ற நீண்ட வரலாற்றை இலங்கை தேசம் கொண்டுள்ளது.

நாம் பெற்ற சுதந்திரத்தை அர்த்தமுள்ளதாக்கிக் கொள்ளும் செயல்முறையே இன்று நம் தாய்நாட்டிற்கான தேவையாக உள்ளது. நாடுகளிடையே ஒற்றுமையை வளர்த்தல் மற்றும் மத நல்லிணக்கம் என்பன இதற்கு வலுவான ஆதரவாக அமைந்துள்ளன.

பல்வேறு சவால்களுக்கு மத்தியில் உள்ளூர் உற்பத்திக்கு மதிப்பளிக்கும் பொருளாதார கொள்கை ஊடாக தாய்நாட்டை அபிவிருத்தியை நோக்கி நகரும் பாதையில் நாம் நுழைந்துள்ளோம்.

ஒவ்வொரு துறையிலும் முன்னெடுக்கப்பட வேண்டிய சீர்திருத்தங்களைப் புரிந்துகொண்டு, மக்களிடம் முன்வைக்கப்பட்ட சுபீட்சத்தின் நோக்கு கொள்கை திட்டத்தின் ஊடாக சுதந்திரம் மேலும் அர்த்தமுள்ளதாகும் போது வளமான எதிர்காலம் – சுபீட்சமான தாய்நாடு என்பது யதார்த்தமாகும்.

வரலாறு முழுவதும், தாய்நாட்டிற்கு எதிரான உள்ளூர் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டு சக்திகளையும், பயங்கரவாதத்தையும் தோற்கடிக்கும் ஒரு நிலையான கொள்கையில் நாம் செயற்பட்டோம். எத்தனை சவால்கள் வந்தாலும், நாங்கள் ஒருபோதும் நம் தாய்நாட்டை காட்டிக் கொடுத்ததில்லை.

கொவிட் -19 தற்போது உலகம் எதிர்கொண்டுள்ள மிகப்பெரிய சவாலாகும். இந்நெருக்கடியிலிருந்து பொதுமக்களை விடுவிப்பதற்கான போராட்டத்தை நாங்கள் முன்னெடுத்து வருகின்றோம். எதிரிப் படைகளைத் தோற்கடிப்பதற்கு போன்றே, கொவிட் -19 தொற்றை தோற்கடிப்பதற்கும் இலங்கை தேசமாக நாங்கள் எழுந்து நிற்போம்.

எங்கள் தாய்நாட்டின் பிராந்திய ஒருமைப்பாடு மற்றும் இறையாண்மைக்காக தங்கள் உயிரைத் தியாகம் செய்த மற்றும் மகத்தான தியாகங்களைச் செய்த அனைவருக்கும் மற்றும் இன்று அந்த சவால்களுக்கு மத்தியில் அர்ப்பணிப்புடன் செயற்படும் அனைவருக்கும் நான் மரியாதை செலுத்துகின்றேன்.

 

மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ

இலங்கை ஜனநாயக  சோசலிச குடியரசின்

பிரதமர்

 

Independence Day message

It is with immense pride that we celebrate our 73rd Independence Day today. It is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the unfaltering spirit and commitment of our people in the fight for freedom.

Sri Lankans have stood the test of time, fighting many a battle, gallantly, in the long struggle to gain political, religious and cultural independence. Today, we are at a point in our journey where we must work collectively to ensure that the freedom we won, not once but twice, is a meaningful one for all Sri Lankans.

Despite the many challenges we faced as a nation last year, we have embarked on a journey and adopted policies that focus on the growth of the economy by giving preference to locally produced items. The ‘Vistas of Prosperity’ Manifesto has carefully studied and identified areas in each sector that need reform, to better serve Sri Lankans, not limiting, ‘working towards a better tomorrow to achieve a prosperous Sri Lanka’, to mere words, but a reality that is tangible and meaningful to all.

History tells the story of a nation and its people who have always stood resolute in battles against any local, foreign and terrorist outfits that threatened the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka. Our people’s dedication and patriotism to protect our beautiful motherland reflect how we, as a nation, have stood against numerous challenges and continue to do so in these trying times.

The biggest challenge the world faces today is the COVID-19 global pandemic. As we work collectively towards our shared quest to overcome these perilous times, I believe that the unfaltering Sri Lankan spirit will unite and stand strong in defeating this pandemic and emerge victorious.

In celebrating our Independence, we remember all those who have paid with life and limb to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our nation, time and time again. We also take a moment today, to remember those men and women who are the frontline soldiers battling this current pandemic we are facing, giving selflessly of their skills and time to protect Sri Lanka and her people.

I express my heartfelt gratitude to all Sri Lankans for their contribution towards the success of our motherland. Happy 73rd Independence Day.

 

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Prime Minister

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

 

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