Anandi to boycott oaths taking

Anandi to boycott oaths taking

by Marikumar

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Northern provincial council member elect Anandi Sasitharan has decided to boycott taking oaths in front of new Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, the Colombo Gazette learns.

The wife of former LTTE Trincomalee District political head S. Elilan is reportedly angered by Wigneswaran's decision to take oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow.

Sources close to Sasitharan said that she has also not been invited for Wigneswaran's oaths taking ceremony tomorrow.

After Wigneswaran takes oaths the remaining provincial council members of the TNA will take oaths on or after October 11.

Anandi Sasitharan has decided to take oaths in front of a Justice of Peace instead of attending the official ceremony, sources said.

Sasitharan received the second highest votes at the Northern provincial council elections after Wigneswaran.

She was invited to contest the polls by TNA General Secretary Mavai Senathirajah and just two days ahead of the polls her house was attacked by armed men.

Sources told the Colombo Gazette that Sasitharan is also disappointed with the TNA as the party has not taken concrete measures to ensure she has security after the attack.

She now feels that she was used by the party to secure votes among the Tamils in the North and is now being sidelined. (Colombo Gazette)
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