It has been decided to summon the Former Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board Mr. M. M. C. Ferdinando to the COPE on the 23rd.
Meanwhile, when summoned before to the COPE Committee, former CEB Chairman Ferdinando said that the President had told him that Prime Minister Modi was urging the president to hand over 500 megawatts of renewable energy to Adani company.
However, he withdrew his statement later and mentioned that he said that due to the mental stress.
The president later issued a statement denying Ferdinando’s statement.
However, Mr. Ferdinando later resigned as the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board on the 13th.gry
