Karuna trying to embarrass party, says Pillayan

(March 25, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, Chief Minister of the Eastern Province claimed yesterday that Minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan was attempting embarrass both the party and himself.

Attending a function at Chenkaladi, he charged that it was the minister also known as Karuna Amman who had brought about a culture of violence in the area.

The chief minister, also known as Pillayan, pointed out that it was cause for concern that certain persons were acting in a manner that created problems for the people of the East.
-Sri Lanka Guardian