Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday invited Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran to accompany him to India, to attend Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony.
The President’s spokesperson told The Hindu that an invitation had been extended to the Chief Minister, and that the President’s office was yet to get a confirmation regarding the same.
Enquiries with sources in the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) – the party governing the Northern Province – on Friday morning revealed that they had not received the invitation at that time. The party, reliable sources said, would take a call on the invitation once they receive it.
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The Sri Lankan government and the TNA had welcomed Mr. Modi’s massive victory in the Indian elections, both sides expressing desire to work with him.