Sajith group decided to oust Ranil after getting the UNP defeated at the local government elections

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Sajith group decided to oust Ranil after getting the UNP defeated at the local government elections
2010-09-11

Sajith Premadasa’s group has decided to ensure the UNP’s defeat at the local government elections scheduled early next year and to oust Ranil Wickremesinghe from the party leadership by placing the blame for the party’s defeat on him. They have arrived at this decision and to appoint Sajith as the party leader afterwards at a secret discussion at Sirikotha on the 8th.Thalatha Atukorale, Chandrani Bandara, Rosy Senanayake, Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Sujeewa Senasinghe, Asoka Abeysinghe, Buddhika Pathirana, Gayantha Karunathileka and Dilip Vedarachchi have participated in the meeting.

The decision to sign a letter calling for an urgent meeting of the UNP parliamentary group and to get some UNPers who participated in the protest against the 18th Amendment to cheer Sajith were arrived at this meeting.The UNP MPs who participated this meeting have also arrived together at the Jayaratne funeral parlor to pay their last respects to the remains of former UNP minister H.G. P. Nelson.UNP defector Lakshman Seneviratne had also attended the funeral with them.