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Last Updated: Jaishankar Discusses Role Of Provincial Councils With Tamil Leaders In Lanka EAM S Jaishankar met the Tamil leadership in Sri Lanka and discussed issues pertaining to the development and devolution and the role of provincial councils External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met the Tamil leadership in Sri Lanka and discussed issues pertaining to the development and devolution and the role of provincial councils as part of national reconciliation. The meeting assumed significance in the backdrop of moves by the ruling Sri Lanka People s Party (SLPP) allies to mount a public campaign for abolition of the country s provincial council system. The SLPP’s Sinhala majority hardliners have been advocating a total abolition of the provincial council system established in 1987. There are nine provincial councils in Lanka.

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