By President Ranil Wickremesinghe is well aware of the Nothern vote for the coming elections and has become a frequent visitor to Jaffna.This time he was in Jaffna with controversial former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayaka to make a controversial appointment.
Addressing a UNP meeting at a city hotel on Thursday Ravi Karunanayaka , announced that one time Sri Lanka Freedom Party member Arun Siddarth is now with the UNP and is appointed district organiser for Jaffna. Earlier, the post was held by Vijayakala Maheswaran is reportedly upset.
North – South Alliance.
Arun Suidarthan is a outspoken firebrand who has been instrumental in developing a vote base for Maithripala Sirisena in the North. He has been very critical of the Tamil National Alliance and a vocal supporter of a North – South Alliance.
Arun sidarthan argues that power sharing based on ethnicity is not acceptable.
He clashed with Hirunika Premacandra in 2022 when she visited Jaffna for a anti Gothabaya protest during the Argalaya period.
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