More elected SLFPers to defy party ban and attend rally in Ratnapura March 25, 2015, 10:27 pm

 

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More elected SLFPers to defy party ban and attend rally in Ratnapura

March 25, 2015, 10:27 pm 

By Dasun Edirisinghe

More than 20 SLFP Parliamentarians would attend the third rally demanding that former President Rajapaksa be made the UPFA prime ministerial candidate, under the theme, ‘The country is in danger and prepare to face the challenge!’ organised by UPFA allies MEP, NFF, DLF and Pivithuru Hela Urumaya at the Ratnapura Sivali grounds today, UPFA Ratnapura District MP Ranjith Zoysa said yesterday.

Zoysa flanked by Ratnapura District MP Janaka Wakkumbura, Colombo District MP Gamini Lokuge, Polonnaruwa District MP Roshan Ranasinghe and several other provincial council and local government members representing the Ratnapura District , said they would definitely bring back former President Mahinda Rajapska at the next general election as the prime ministerial candidate of the UPFA.

The main purpose of today’s rally was to demand that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa be nominated as Prime Ministerial candidate of the UPFA at the forthcoming general election.

MEP Dinesh Gunawardena MP, National Freedom Front Leader Wimal Weerawansa MP, Democratic Left Front leader Vasudeva Nanayakkara MP and Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader Western Provincial Councillor Udaya Gammanpila will address the rally.

Organisers expect tens of thousands of people who voted for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the January 08 presidential election to attend the rally today.

The first in the series of rallies was held on Feb. 18 at Nugegoda and second was at Kandy on March 06.

The SLFP Central Committee has banned its elected members from attending rallies organised by other parties in the alliance, but Kandy District MP Dilum Amunugama, Kurunegala District MP Salinda Dissanayake, 86 UPFA Provincial Councilors and local government members attended the Kandy rally defying the ban.

It said that arrangements had been made to live stream the rally at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=61DNW8gtBuc and https:www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2jHaiMsE5o.