A senior top team member, hailing from the Northern part of the West is poised for a political somersault, they say.

According to sources close to him, the politico, a stalwart of the main party in yahapalanaya has decided to go independent pending the choice of his next political haven. And in fact, the name board at his newly set up political office has been painted apolitical yellow, to convey the message.

Highly disgruntled that a series of his proposals presented at the top table had failed to receive the collective nod, the man is said to be powwowing with confidantes to plan out his political future.