Jaffna UNP parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheswaran at one end and Northern province Chief Minister Vigneshwaran on the other end of the row of VIPs at the launch of the “Gamperaliya” development program in the North. Maheswaran recently resigned as Deputy Minister of Women and Child Affairs, and is under investigation, following a speech she made, where she called for the resurgence of the LTTE. Vigneshwaran is also taking more hardline positions on political issues amidst allegations he is being backed by pro LTTE diaspora groups.