Sri Ranga, Digambaram threaten to leave govt
Two Nuwara-Eliya District Parliamentarians K. Sri Ranga and P. Digambaram representing the National Workers Union (NWU) are contemplating leaving the Government ranks if their discussions with President Mahinda Rajapaksa within the next few days does not bear any fruit.
The two MPs who were elected on the UNP ticket told The Island that they were disgusted with the manner they were treated at District Development Committee meetings in Nuwara-Eliya. They said that at yesterday’s meeting they were not allocated seats at the Kachcheri by Government Agent Kumarasiri and deprived an opportunity to raise various important questions pertaining to the Nuwara-Eliya district.
Sri Ranga said that Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa who chaired the meeting was informed about their disappointment before they walked out in protest. They alleged that government servants in the district were making money from funds allocated for development purposes by taking commissions on contracts.
The two Parliamentarians were both of the opinion that the corruption among the government servants in Nuwara-Eliya was rampant. They also alleged that health, education, sanitary facilities and road networks were very poor in the Nuwara-Eliya district and the people suffered immensely as a result.
Digambaram and Sri Ranga said that Minister Arumugam Thondaman (CWC) was given priority and the CWC proposals were well received, while the NWU’s was ignored.
Both Digambaram and Sri Ranga were elected on the UNP ticket to Parliament, but crossed over to Government ranks over an issue with a national list seat in Parliament.
Courtesy: The Island
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Go for it guys, Ranil is beckoning.
Yes, who cases…? It’s Better You may leave yourself from sl to tamilnadu & join with vaiko also..!
Go for it guys,the interests of the tamils and the planting community are well looked after by CWC leader Thondaman.Perhaps you are also not getting a cut out of the commissions,then go back to RANIL ,he wants you very badly. He has no backbone to querry your defection and throw you out MR will not miss ‘ambalan paluwas’.
Ranga
Peoples know you do agenda of SIRASA of Killy Maharaja.who wants to devide this country.You have same intention that is why you try to bring innocent peoples to the street.If these people were in India.They would have been with very poor standard of living.Now they are having better living standard than Indian estate sector.