Though the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) earned a name for passing a record number of resolutions in the recent past, this week the councillors were at loggerheads when Chief Minister C.V. Wigneshwaran moved a resolution against a resolution that had already been passed.

He claimed that the reason for submitting his own resolution was that one of the provincial ministers had been falsely accused of corruption charges. At a previous council sitting, a resolution was passed against Ponnuthurai Ayngaranesan, Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services. The resolution made eleven corruption charges against him.

The council decided that there should be a full probe. The resolution alleged that the minister was involved in a fraud amounting to Rs. 40 million.

This week, Chief Minister Wigneswaran moved a resolution requesting the council to remove the earlier resolution from the council’s Hansard since he believed the allegations were baseless. Mr. Wigneswaran informed the council that the minister had written a letter, explaining the issues and as Chief Minister he had a right to intervene.

The debate over the Chief Minister’s resolution went on for two hours. There were heated arguments between two factions.

One of the councillors quipped that the council sittings had become like an “Indian mega serial drama” — a never ending action-packed episode.

The debate on the resolution ended without a decision like in the teledramas.

Courtesy:Sunday Times