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Wanni MP stopped at gate
By Chris Kamalendran
A newly elected MP who turned up at the Parliamentary complex on Friday to register himself was stopped due to a bureaucratic blunder though it did not amount to a breach of privilege yet.

Sivanathan Kishore, elected from the Wanni district on the TNA ticket had turned up at the police barrier in response to a notice from the Parliamentary Secretary General, Priyani Wijesekara.

Though Mr. Kishore produced his identity card, the police officers insisted that they could not let him pass as his name was not on the list. The MP even produced a gazette notification with his name but the gates did not open. Eventually, Mr. Kishore spoke to parliamentary officials on the telephone and a double check by them finally opened the gates for him.

Parliamentary sources said the mishap had taken place as the staff had prepared the list of elected members based on the results prior to the gazette notification. Since the release of the Wanni result had been delayed, the earlier list did not have the names of all elected members from Wanni.

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