President pays tribute to SWRD

Rohan Mathes

ATTANAGALLA: President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid tribute to S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike at the 47th Bandaranaike Commemoration ceremony at Horagolla yesterday.

President Rajapaksa paid floral tributes at the Samadhi to express his gratitude to former Prime Minister and SLFP founder, S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, assassinated on September 25 at his Rosmead Place residence in Colombo.

The late Prime Minister's son Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike and daughter Sunethra were among those who paid floral tributes at the Samadhi. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, SLFP General Secretary and Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, Senior Ministers, Parliamentarians, Governors, Chief Ministers, Trade Union representatives, Indian Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar representing the Congress Party in India and Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao also paid floral tributes.

Kelaniya Vidyalankara Pirivena Chancellor and Sanghanayake Ven. Welimitiyawe Kusaladhamma thera offered Punyanumodanawa.