TNA Visits Its Chief Ministerial Candidate Justice Wigneswaran’s House
July 15, 2013
The Tamil National Alliance has nominated Justice C.V Wigneswaran as its Chief Ministerial candidate for the Northern Provincial Council elections today.
TNA representatives who went Justice C.V Wigneswaran’s house today morning to greet his appointment as the Chief Ministerial candidate of TNA for the Northern Provincial Council elections are seen in this photo.
Justice C V Wigneswaran As Chief Minister
S.Sivathasan
“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, …. when the soul of a nation, long suppressed finds utterance”. So said Nehru in his historic address to the nation, ushering in independence. In our own little context, the soul of the Tamil Nation striving to find utterance has found it. Nehru proceeded further and posed the question “Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp the opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?” The occasion is now for the Tamils and the whole nation to test the mettle of the new triumvirate that is called upon to acquit itself in the most trying times. It has stood the first test admirably. It is now for the community to extend the fullest strength through an unreserved mandate.
Justice Wigneswaran, coming forward as the unanimous pick is poised for an unprecedented endorsement. With all the goodwill already showered upon him and the high expectations openly expressed, a vertical take-off is what is looked forward to. Turbulent weather is sure to be encountered, but the leadership is adequately steeled to face it.
The immediate tasks are enormous. The people’s mandate needs to be solicited for a well-crafted and precisely worded Manifesto against which the electors will match the achievements of the elected. After three decades of travail, the assessment is not going to be periodic but continuous and exacting. As for discernment, even the less educated have appreciable native intelligence to take mature political decisions. This is not unknown to the astute leadership that has now evolved. Mr Sampandan’s engagement with the rough and tumble of politics for more than four decades equips him fully. Mr. Sumanthiran has gone through a wide spectrum intensely in a short while. Justice Wigneswaran has the advantage of knowing the widest cross section from the judicial arena. His grounding in Tamil literature exposes him to the best in Tamilian traditions.
