Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) has declared its intention to field former MP M.A. Sumanthiran as its Chief Ministerial candidate for the Northern Province at the next provincial council polls.
Sources said that the decision had been taken at an ITAK meeting in Jaffna over the last weekend. Sumanthiran has accepted the ITAK’s offer while requesting that the party could change its decision if in case a better candidate was available.
Sources said that ITAK believed provincial council polls were likely to be held early next year.
By Dinasena Ratugamage