Mahinda proposes, Wiggie disposes
By Dharisha Bastians-Saturday 24th May 2014
In an apparent bid to reach out to the Tamil National Alliance, President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited the Northern Chief Minister to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Premier designate Narendra Modi, but the former Supreme Court Judge has declined the overture.
- Northern CM spurns President’s invite to travel with him to Modi’s oaths ceremony
- GL writes to Wigneswaran asking him to join Presidential delegation to Delhi on 26 May
- To accept would be to “facilitate tokenism,” says Wigneswaran
- Modi’s election has revived Government’s desire to cooperate with Northern PC: CM
- Chief Minister ‘welcomes’ spirit of cooperation implied by invitation
In an apparent bid to reach out to the Tamil National Alliance, President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited the Northern Chief Minister to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Premier designate Narendra Modi, but the former Supreme Court Judge has declined the overture.
