Minister Jeevan Thondaman, leader of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress, is angry that he was not given the keynote address at a program to award presidential scholarships to Nuwara Eliya schoolchildren. Sri Lanka Latest News
As a result, the minister and that party’s MP Maradapandi Rameswaran left the ceremony before its end.
On the instructions of the President, this scholarship program will be held in all the island districts.
This scholarship is to be given to 4900 school children in Nuwara Eliya district.
The Minister is angry about giving the chief guest speech to the Central Province Governor at the relevant event and he has left the place with his party MP.
