{"id":108279,"date":"2013-10-01T00:04:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T18:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=108279"},"modified":"2013-10-06T00:41:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T19:11:28","slug":"after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"After Polls Battle: TNA Chief Minister Elect Wigneswaran Meets Northern Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a bitterly contested election in which the TNA made the removal of the military Governor of the North a major battle cry, Northern Chief Minister designate Justice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=C.V.+Wigneswaran&amp;x=9&amp;y=7\">C.V. Wigneswaran<\/a><\/span> met with Governor Maj. Gen. (Rtd) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=G.A.+Chandrasiri&amp;x=15&amp;y=4\">G.A. Chandrasiri<\/a><\/span> in Jaffna.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_108280\" style=\"width: 162px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/g-a-chandrasiri\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108280\" class=\" wp-image-108280 \" title=\"G.A. Chandrasiri\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/G.A.-Chandrasiri-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/G.A.-Chandrasiri-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/G.A.-Chandrasiri.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-108280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">G.A. Chandrasiri<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The TNA delegation discussed the appointment of the Chief Minister elect by the Governor and a venue for the recently elected council to meet.<\/p>\n<p>TNA sources said an assembly hall in Kaittady was being prepared for the Northern Provincial Council to meet.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Governor is likely to issue the letter appointing Justice Wigneswaran as Chief Minister tomorrow, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The TNA has repeatedly called for the replacement of the military governor Chandrasiri with a civilian. During the electoral contest, the TNA also accused the Governor of openly backing the ruling UPFA.<\/p>\n<p>But the meeting in Jaffna between the TNA and the Governor had been civil, the sources said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":108280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After Polls Battle: TNA Chief Minister Elect Wigneswaran Meets Northern Governor  - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"After Polls Battle: TNA Chief Minister Elect Wigneswaran Meets Northern Governor  - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-30T18:34:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-10-05T19:11:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/G.A.-Chandrasiri.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/\",\"name\":\"After Polls Battle: TNA Chief Minister Elect Wigneswaran Meets Northern Governor - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/G.A.-Chandrasiri.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-30T18:34:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-05T19:11:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/after-polls-battle-tna-chief-minister-elect-wigneswaran-meets-northern-governor\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/G.A.-Chandrasiri.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/G.A.-Chandrasiri.jpg\",\"width\":\"675\",\"height\":\"800\",\"caption\":\"G.A. 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