2 more independent groups pay deposit to contest parliamentary election in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 03:37 GMT]
Murugesu Arumainayagam and Kasipillai Senthilvel from Jaffna paid their deposit money at Jaffna Secretariat Monday to contest as independent groups in Jaffna electoral district in the forthcoming parliamentary election. Meanwhile, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian paid a visit to Jaffna where he met Jaffna University society members to discuss the need to form an alternative political party in place of TNA, sources in Jaffna said.

Earlier, deposit money was paid by a person from Chaavakachcheari and another said to be from Ki’linochchi to contest in Jaffna district.

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam met the student representatives and lecturers of Jaffna University, the sources said.