TNA Leader R. Sampanthan who met President Mahinda Rajapaksa today complained that Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members elected to the Eastern Provincial Council had been offered inducements and harassed, to force them crossover.

In a statement Mr. Sampanthan said the meeting at which Ministers Maithripala Sirisena and G.L. Peiris were present was arranged on an invitation by presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunge.

The President congratulated Mr. Sampanthan on securing the second highest number of seats at the EPC elections but Mr. Sampanthan but said that if the elections had been free and fair the TNA would have secured the most number of seats.