The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar
Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar stated that coastal roads in Point Pedro and Valvettithurai in Jaffna had long remained unrepaired, and said the Ministry of Transport and Highways under Minister Bimal Rathnayake would undertake their rehabilitation. He argued that broader infrastructure development had begun in Jaffna and dismissed criticism from some Tamil politicians, citing the NPP’s accepted nominations for 17 Pradeshiya Sabhas as evidence of public support.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, please give me one more minute.
¶ 02 All of us know that the coastal roads of Point Pedro have not been rehabilitated to this day. Likewise, Valvettithurai—because it is the birthplace of Prabhakaran—no one touched it. But this time, under the Ministry of Transport and Highways, Hon. Minister Bimal Rathnayake will rehabilitate those roads.
¶ 03 Thus, we have begun major development in Jaffna—basic infrastructure too. As we carry these out, a few Tamil politicians, lacking criticisms, have started howling at us. We will not run away. The people’s mandate is with us. Even yesterday in Jaffna, we filed nominations for 17 Pradeshiya Sabhas; not a single candidacy was rejected—those were NPP nominations. Therefore, we will hoist the flag of victory in Jaffna as well. I thank the people again. Vanakkam.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 March 2025. No. 1747297753031842. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15808