{"id":129395,"date":"2014-08-24T22:21:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=129395"},"modified":"2014-09-06T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T06:49:58","slug":"rajapaksa-irked-by-tnas-visit-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksa-irked-by-tnas-visit-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajapaksa Irked By TNA\u2019s Visit To India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=9&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> has been heavily vexed at the TNA meeting Indian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Narendra+Modi&amp;x=7&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Narendra Modi<\/span><\/a> and has expressed his discontent through an emissary to TNA leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=R.+Sampanthan&amp;x=7&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R. Sampanthan<\/span><\/a>, the weekly English newspaper Sunday Times reports.<\/p>\n<p>In its political column today, the ST has revealed that President Rajapaksa expressed his displeasure to Sampanthan through an emissary before the departure of the TNA delegation. According to the columnist, the President had been vexed about the lack of intimation to the government and had described TNA delegation\u2019s trip to New Delhi as a step aimed at \u2018cornering him and his government\u2019 and with the aim of changing the government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/INdia-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-129365\" alt=\"INdia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/INdia-.jpg\" width=\"455\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/INdia-.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/INdia--300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a>Moreover, he had also referred to the re-appointment of Northern Province Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=G.A.+Chandrasiri&amp;x=8&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">G. A. Chandrasiri<\/span><\/a> &#8211; one of the causes of friction between the UPFA government and the TNA &#8211; and stated that he earlier agreed not to extend Chandrasiri\u2019s term only because the Provincial Council had adopted a resolution to oust him.<\/p>\n<p>President Rajapaksa who expressed his discontent furthermore, has been quoted in ST as stating however despite wherever Sampanthan and his party goes, they would eventually have to come to him &#8211; otherwise they will not be able to talk about resolving issues.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the same sources have been quoted in ST as stating that Sampanthan had rejected the accusations that their visit was aimed at prompting a government change. \u201cWhatever is said and done, I am the leader of a Tamil political party. We are seeking a political solution. We are going at the invitation of the government of India to explain our position,\u201d he had said responding to President\u2019s emissary.<\/p>\n<p>TNA leader R. Sampanthan and five TNA MPs including Mavai Senathirajah, MA Sumanthiran, Selvam Adaikkalanathan, Suresh Premachandran and Pon Selvaraj met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Indian External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Syed Akbaruddin commenting on meeting had said, \u201cSushma Swaraj stressed on the need for a political solution that addresses substantially the aspirations of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka that ensure equality, dignity, justice and self respect within the framework of united Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TNA delegation meanwhile had a meeting with the Indian PM on Saturday where several issues including the fuller implementation of the 13th amendment to the constitution was discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":129365,"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-129395","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 - 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