India HC follows Lalith Weeratunga

Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad has returned to New Delhi for consultations amidst reports that New Delhi is set to express its displeasure over the devolution proposals of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

His visit comes in the wake of the trip to New Delhi by Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga. As exclusively reported in The Sunday Times last week, Mr. Weeratunga carried with him the set of SLFP proposals and a brief from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The brief was to explain the rationale behind the proposals and how the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) will ultimately formulate its own draft. During that process, the APRC is expected to develop on the SLFP and other proposals received.

Mr. Weeratunga conveyed the SLFP proposals to the Indian Prime Minister through his counterpart T.K.A. Nair, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.