The Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Badulla· 23 January 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question No. 8 (Deferred) and Question Stand Down

Corruption & Governance Reform

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Kitnan Selvaraj noted that many estate co-operative shops had been closed, particularly during Senthil Thondaman’s tenure as Uva Provincial Minister of Co-operatives. Citing that co-operatives fall under the 13th Amendment, he requested that details of the closed estate co-op shops be submitted to Parliament in the future.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, many estate co‑op shops have been closed in the past. Co‑operatives come under the 13th Amendment. During the period when Mr. Senthil Thondaman was Provincial Minister of Co‑operatives in Uva, many co‑op shops were closed. Can details of those closed estate co‑op shops be submitted to this House in future?

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Source: Hansard, Friday, 23 January 2026 ·No. 23290 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2026. No. 23290. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14321