Dr. Raghavan relinquished Canadian citizenship to enter parliament

MP Dr. Suren Raghavan, on Monday (21), revealed that he had given up his Canadian citizenship to enter parliament on the SLPP National List. Dr. Raghavan said so when Shameer Rasooldeen questioned the academic on TV 1 ‘Face the Nation’ regarding his stand on the 20th Amendment that proposed to allow dual citizens to contest parliamentary polls or enter parliament through the National List. Dr. Raghavan said that unlike UPFA Galle District MP Geetha Kumarasinghe, who lost her seat through a court ruling, he voluntarily gave up his to launch a political career (SF)