Lanka may not relent on 13A amendment

July 07, 2013 16:35

Overruling India's concerns, Sri Lanka may go ahead with its proposed plans to amend the 13th amendment ahead of the provincial polls in Tamil-dominated northern areas in September, a top minister has hinted.

Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the economic development minister, who returned from New Delhi after talks with Indian leaders, was non-committal about any conditions that New Delhi might have pushed for.

"When we bring in a Bill we wouldn't normally retract. We will go back only if the people wanted us to go back. There are examples when we have done so on people's will," he told reporters when asked about India's concerns.

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