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TNA delegation to meet Mahanayakes
View(s):Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader Rajavarothayam Sampanthan is to lead a delegation to meet prelates of leading Buddhist chapters.
They will meet the Mahanayakes of the Malwatte and Asgiriya chapters. The move follows a call by the Mahanayakes urging President Maithripala Sirisena not to go ahead with a new Constitution. President Sirisena who met a delegation of the leading prelates told them that they would be consulted first whenever a new Constitution was formulated.
The Steering Committee, which is responsible for the new Constitution, met last Wednesday. Joint Opposition leader Dinesh Gunawardena said he and former Western Province chief minister Prasanna Ranatunga took part in the discussions. “We will soon decide whether we are going to serve in the Committee or not,” he told the Sunday Times.