The Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council, CV Wigneswaran, was blocked from planting trees at the Thanthai Chelva memorial square in Jaffna, in remembrance of Heroes Day.
The CM and three of his councillors proceeded to plant trees on the premises of the provincial council’s education ministry.
“This is about our emotions and feelings. If the [SL] government didn't allow us to proceed with this, the outcome would be much more drastic,” he said, according to TamilNet.
“No government can stop us from planting trees in our private lands. I have planted a tree at my house also. We are planting these new tree saplings at the secretariat which lies in a private land.”