(UTV|COLOMBO) – Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has summoned the State Minister of Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran to Colombo effective immediately, to inquire into her controversial statements made in Jaffna in Monday (02).
The Prime Minister had also made this decision as the Leader of the United National Party (UNP), as Vijayakala is the elected-UNP Parliamentarian for the Jaffna District.
Accordingly, Premier Wickremesinghe is scheduled to meet the State Minister today (04) to conduct further inquiries into her recent remarks.
Addressing the “Janapathi Nila Mehewara” event at the Weerasingham Hall in Jaffna on Monday, Vijayakala stated that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Organisation should be resurrected in order to ensure incidents such as the recent murder of a child in Jaffna does not take place.
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