Sampanthan urged to join government

National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages Minister Mano Ganesan invited Opposition Leader R.Sampanthan to join the government to accelerate sustainable reconciliation and development.

The minister requested the Opposition Leader to resign from his post and take up a ministerial position in the government for the betterment of the people in the North and East and added that an Opposition party that has a majority of MPs can take up the position of Opposition Leader.

“People in the North will have a Minister from their own after 50 or 60 years.Even they need someone to represent them in Parliament and carry out work for their well-being”, he said speaking to the media.