The BBC news item reports that President Mahinda Rajapakshe revealed a plan to ban ethnic tags in party names. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8598150.stm He also said, more controversially, that “racial politics” would not have a place in future – a possible indication that he will seek to revive a recently tabled plan to ban parties with words such as “Tamil” or “Muslim” ...