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Wigneswaran declines MR’s offer
View(s):Northern Province Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran turned down the invitation extended to him by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to join
him as part of the Sri Lankan delegation to the swearing-in ceremony of new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying “acceptance would indicate that there exists a strong co-operative spirit between the Centre and the Province, when in fact, the peoples of the north are engulfed in a climate of fear on account of the presence of the military while the activities of the Northern PC have been stultified.”
Mr. Wigneswaran sent the letter to External Affairs Minister G.L.Peiris on Friday turning down the invitation adding that,” I would be guilty of facilitating tokenism were I to accept such an invitation.”
Instead Mr. Wigneswaran said, he has sent his best wishes to the Prime Minister-elect of India through the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo.