{"id":42258,"date":"2015-07-20T19:50:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T23:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=42258"},"modified":"2015-07-20T19:50:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T23:50:51","slug":"mahinda-rajapaksa-says-upfa-will-win-117-seats-at-elections-and-form-govt-alone-without-the-unp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=42258","title":{"rendered":"Mahinda Rajapaksa says UPFA will win 117 Seats  at Elections and form Govt Alone Without the UNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nBy Chamodi Gunawardana<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former President and UPFA candidate for the Kurunegala District Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday rejected the idea of forming a national government post-election, vowing that the fractured alliance would obtain 117 seats and rule alone.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing an election meeting held at the Battaramulla Samurdhi Hall, Rajapaksa said that it was the UNP which could not set up a government without the UPFA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that they expected to create a national government. This means that they cannot form a government without UPFA support. However, we do not want to create a joint government. We will form our own government,\u201d Rajapaksa emphasised.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Going on the offensive against the current administration, Rajapaksa claimed that it had made a number of complaints and allegations against him but had yet to prove any of them. \u201cThe Government has alleged that I have $ 18 billion in one of my bank accounts. However, they could not find the name of the bank. If this is true, then I would be the richest man in Asia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa also condemned the Government\u2019s actions against his brother, former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasil helped a number of poor people through Samurdhi donations. He paid bonuses to Samurdhi officers. The Government questioned him over this incident and remanded him,\u201d Rajapaksa said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Economic Development Minister was arrested and faces charges for misappropriation of Divi Neguma funds to the tune of hundreds of millions of rupees.  <\/p>\n<p>The former President added that the UPFA expected to increase the basic salary of Government employees by Rs. 10,000 a month once the party clinched what he seemed to think was a certain victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will increase a Government servant\u2019s minimum salary up to Rs. 25,000. We expect to produce new job opportunities for the employees who lost their jobs because of this Government,\u201d Rajapaksa promised.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Daily FT<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton42258\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D42258&amp;text=Mahinda%20Rajapaksa%20says%20UPFA%20will%20win%20117%20Seats%20%20at%20Elections%20and%20form%20Govt%20Alone%20Without%20the%20UNP&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chamodi Gunawardana Former President and UPFA candidate for the Kurunegala District Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday rejected the idea of forming a national government post-election, vowing that the fractured alliance would obtain 117 seats and rule alone. 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