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Too many snubs make JVP turn away
Sought appointment though not UPFA leader
The JVP has decided to refrain from seeking further appointments with President Chandrika Kumaratunga as she had regularly turned down requests for appointments or failed to turn up, officials said.

The decision has been made after she missed the UPFA steering committee meeting on Friday despite the JVP making a request for the presence of the President after pointing out that they had important issues to discuss with her, they said. The JVP had sought the appointment from the President, though she had resigned from the post of UPFA leader.

On Thursday, President Kumaratunga skiped a ceremony organised by the Agricultural Ministry to mark the restoration of 1000 irrigation tanks. However JVP propaganda secretary Wimal Weerawansa played down the refusal to attend the meeting saying that the President was indisposed.

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