Sri Lanka's Opposition and main Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has rejected Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's claim that his party has agreed to give Buddhism the foremost place in the new constitution. TNA's spokesman and MP Sumanthiran told a local daily that his party stands for a secular constitution in the multi-religious country and giving one religion a priority is contrary to basic norms.<br/> <br/>His remarks came as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that all political parties and leaders of all religious faiths have no issue in giving priority to Buddhism in the country. He had said that all Parties in Parliament including the Tamil National Alliance, have agreed to keep the articles protecting Buddhism unchanged in the Sri Lanka Constitution.<br/> <br/>MP Sumanthiran said that the Steering Committee appointed by the Constitutional Assembly has kept for itself certain important issues to discuss and one of those was religion. Sri Lankan government is in the process to frame a new constitution for the country in a bid to address the long-standing grievances of ethnic minorities. Tamil leaders have been claiming that their religion, culture and language face discrimination under the present arrangements. A Tamil political group led by Northern Province chief minister WC Wigneswaran had held a rally last month to press for several demands including a secular and federal constitution.