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Battle
for Eastern CM post hots up
“It
is our right. Pillaiyan should get it” says TMVP spokesman;
Hizbullah insists he deserves it; Muslim MPs appeal to Mahinda
By
Munza Mushtaq and Wilson Gnanadass
As the battle for the east’s top niche ensued,
the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) stuck to its guns
and insisted that the post of Chief Minister (CM) should be
given to its CM candidate Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias
Pillaiyan, because it rightfully belonged to him. Not to be
outdone, M.H.M Hizbullah claimed that it is a position that
rightfully belongs to him.
TMVP spokesman Azad Moulana told The Bottom Line that Pillaiyan
had obtained more votes in comparison to ‘anyone else’
and thus the post of CM should be rightfully given to Pillaiyan.
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Sri Lankan woman and her child walk past a Buddha statue
in a park in Colombo on May 13, 2008. Buddhism is the
main religion of Sri Lanka’s populatin of approximately
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