13 UPFA North Central Province Councillors Resign From Party and Join Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.

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by Percey Kuruneru

Thirteen UPFA members of the North Central Provincial Council resigned from the party to join the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday.

Former Chief Minister of the NCP SM Ranjith Samarakoon, addressing a press conference, at his party office in Anuradhapura announced the decision of 13 UPFA councilors to join the SLPP.

Accordingly former chairman of the NCP T. M. R. Siripala, councillors KP Sarath Kumarasiri, Gamage Weerasena, Upali Wijekoon, Kalyani Karaliyadda, Janaka Mahendra Adhikari and Abdul Hussain representing the Anuradhapura District and R. M. P. B. Ratnayake, G. G. Chandrasena and Amarakeerthi Atukorala of Polonnaruwa District have decided to join the SLPP.

Samarakoon, Siripala, Weerasena, Kumarasiri and Hussain obtained SLPP membership at the press conference.

Courtesy:The Island