Wigi gains from southern ire
Sri Lanka, Sept. 26 -- Wigneswaran's maiden speech has been paying off in some other ways as well, in terms of Tamil politics
He must be indebted to some extent to the Sinhala nationalists for the praise he is being showered with these days
When in Parliament the solitary Thamil Makkal Thesiya Koottani (Tamil People's National Front) MP C.V. Wigneswaran opened a can of worms by glorifying Tamils and the Tamil language over other communities and languages, Industries Minister Wimal Weerawansa said the former Chief Minister of the Northern Province was attempting to outshine Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan, as a Tamil nationalist.
Wigneswaran started off his maiden speech in Tamil during the inaugural session of the new Parl...
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