After reports that the TNA had decided to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the new chief minister of the Northern Provincial Council, CV Wigneswaran is said to have rejected the decision.
According to the Sunday Times, “hardline Northern Provincial Councillors failed in their attempt to persuade Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran for a TNA boycott”.
He is said to have rejected their calls on Saturday, the day after the inaugural meeting of the NPC.
Wigneswaran said to the Times of India that India should attend to express their concerns over the Tamil issues.
On Saturday, TNA MP Maavai Senathirajah said that the TNA would not take part in the summit.
“We will not take part in CHOGM. But our staying away does not mean we are protesting against the participating nations. We will be eager to meet them,” he said.