Ex-UNP MP, thousands join UPFA

Ariyapala Wansathilake -Kurunegala Central special correspondent

Yapahuwa Ex-MP former Deputy Minister of Transport (UNP govt) H.B. Abeyratne joined the UPFA with thousands of UNP supporters of Yapahuwa electorate on January 1.

The Minister of Highways T.B. Ekanayake greeted him very warmly and asked why you and your supporters think of joining us?

He said President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the only leader who protects our motherland from the terrorists. That is why we flock around the UPFA Lion Flag Abeyratne said.

Minister T.B. Ekanayake said our President came in to power with the promise to stop the war and bring peace to the country. The President has done this and yet there is now only a small area to reinstate peace in the entire country.

We in the Govt. had not forgotten the development work. Because there is a conflict we don’t make excuses to avoid development work because of this.

He also said we accept that the public is facing problems because the conflict and we also know that the public will always bear the hardships that they face because they are aware that the Govt. is facing many problem in its efforts to develop the country.

Yapahuwa Ex.MP who joined the UPFA H.B. Abeyratne said the leadership of the United National Party is under pressure from its own parliamentary members who are demanding a leadership change.

He said when I was in the parliament I gave 32,000 jobs to persons in the Yapahuwa electorate without any party considerations. Abeyratne said today the UNP was a bankrupt party.