UPFA doesn't have within its fold roofing sheet, Samurdhi rice fraudsters - Tikiri Kobbekaduwa

by Sanjaya Asela Mathurata

The United People's Freedom Alliance does not have within its fold people who sell roofing sheets and Samurdhi rice meant for poor people but only those who utilize every cent of public funds for the benefit of the masses, states Yatinuwara SLFP Chief Organizer Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, the Presidential Media Advisor.

He made this observation in the course of his address at the mass meeting held to commission the Kahawatugoda Water Supply scheme, Muruthalawa, presided over by Ven. Mangalagama Lankananda Thera, the Viharadhipathi of Kettharamaya, Kahawathugoda. The water supply scheme was financed under the decentralized budgetary allocation of Central Provincial Council Member A.G.Sirisena.

He further said that the funds for this water scheme was allocated during the previous PA regime, but the UNF Government which succeeded delayed its implementation during the 2 1/2 years of their rule.

Development of highways under the "Maga Neguma" programme of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, Government Appointments to 43,000 unemployed graduates and efficient handling of post tsunami rehabilitation programmes are some of the major achievements of the UPFA Government during the first year of their rule, he explained.

Central Provincial Council Member A.G.Sirisena addressing the gathering said that Kahawathugoda is an area where the two communities of Sinhalese and Muslim co-existed in harmony from a time immemorial and that the Muslim cooperation in the successful completion of this water supply scheme was exemplary.

The meeting was addressed by a number of speakers including retired Principal M. Anvardeen, Dr. K.A. Somaratne, Mahindalal Premaratne, A.G. Samaranayake and H.M.S. Gunaratne.