V. Yogeswaran and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the
Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs.<unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>