Shops remain closed in Vavuniya, Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi, he said.

Public transportation has come to a standstill, while schools were without students, according to reports reaching Sri Lanka Mirror.

TELO, PLOE, EPRLF, EPRLF (Varadaraja faction), TULF, TPC and other parties are extending their support to the protest campaign, according to Ponnambalam.

Alleging a state terrorism in the province, he said all Tamil leaders should rise up against it.