The trend of Tamil politicians getting SLFP membership continues, with EPDP co-ordinator for the Batticaloa district K. Arumailingam being the latest to join the bandwagon.
According to government sources, Mr. Arumailingam, who is also a member of the Batticaloa Municipal Council, has decided to join the SLFP along with Mayor Sivageetha Prabhakaran. They are expected to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa next week.
Mr. Arumailingam, who acted as the district co-ordinator for EPDP leader Minister Douglas Devananda, has reportedly tendered his resignation from the party. He had earlier been a member of the North-East Provincial Council headed by Vartharajah Perumal.
Minister Vinayagamurthy Muralitharan was the first eastern politician to join the SLFP, the largest party of the ruling coalition. Along with him hundreds of TMVP members too obtained its membership. Political analysts say that the new political phenomenon was a result of the government mounting pressure on the minority parties to become a part of the SLFP.
TNA MP for the Wanni district, Sivanathan Kishore, has also expressed his support for the government’s development work in the Northern Province recently.
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