Vigneswaran to be sworn in as CM on Oct. 7
October 4, 2013 01:51 pm
Retired judge C. V. Vigneswaran is scheduled to take oaths as the Chief Minister of the Northern Province on October 07 at Temple Trees before President Rajapaksa, TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said.
Vigneswaran received his Chief Ministerial appointment letter from the Northern Province Governor on October 01.
The TNA chief candidate at the Northern Provincial Council election, Vigneswaran obtained the highest preference votes in the Jaffna District with a total of 132,255 votes.
The Tamil National Alliance, which is registered as Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), won a landslide victory in a landmark election in the battle-scarred North, securing 30 out of 38 seats in polls for the provincial council in the former war zone.
Chief Ministers for the North Western and Central Provincial Councils, which were won by the ruling UPFA, were sworn in at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (3).
Vigneswaran received his Chief Ministerial appointment letter from the Northern Province Governor on October 01.
The TNA chief candidate at the Northern Provincial Council election, Vigneswaran obtained the highest preference votes in the Jaffna District with a total of 132,255 votes.
The Tamil National Alliance, which is registered as Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), won a landslide victory in a landmark election in the battle-scarred North, securing 30 out of 38 seats in polls for the provincial council in the former war zone.
Chief Ministers for the North Western and Central Provincial Councils, which were won by the ruling UPFA, were sworn in at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (3).
