Jaffna HC moved against ITAK ahead of election

By Dinasena Ratugamage

Long standing member of the Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK), Markandu Nadarajah on Monday (14) moved the Jaffna High Court against the ITAK. Citing former MP Mavai Senadhiraja, Dr. P. Sathyalingam and S. Kulanayagam as respondents, Nadarajah has requested the HC to prevent the violation of the party constitution. He has called for punitive action against the respondents for violating the ITAK constitution.

The ITAK is the main party in the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)

The petitioner has pointed out that the Acting Secretary Dr. P. Sathyalingam couldn’t function in that position as he hadn’t been appointed with the approval of the party’s Central Committee. On the basis of the invalidity of the Acting Secretary’s appointment, the petitioner has asked the High Court to declare all nominations for the Nov. 14 parliamentary polls, signed by the official, null and void.

Declaring that the party hadn’t followed the constitution, the petitioner has requested that the party be suspended.

The petitioner pointed out that as stipulated in the party constitution, the general assembly of the party should take place every two years and that of the Central Committee once in six months.

However, both bodies hadn’t met for the past four years, the petitioner alleged.

The HC is yet to announce whether this petition would be heard.