It was one of Batticaloa's blackest days. When the citizens of Batticaloa went to sleep on November 22, 1978, little did they know they would, in a matter of hours, be facing the worst cyclone that ...
The sole exception was Batticaloa, where the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), the largest Tamil party, won three of the five seats while NPP and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won one each.