Large number of Galle UNPers join Govt

A large number of UNP activists of Galle joined the SLFP and obtained membership cards from President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the residence of Agriculture Minister Hemakumara Nanayakkara yesterday, a press release from the President's Media Division said.

Among them were President and Organizer Ven Ridiyagama Visuddhi Thera, Pradeshiya Sabha member Mahinda Premaraja de Zoysa, Tawalama Pradeshiya Sabha Opposition Leader Priyantha Jayatilaka, Baddegama Pradeshiya Sabha Opposition Leader Gemunu Deshapriya, Nagoda Pradeshiya Sabha Opposition Leader Ranith Hevawitharana Ekanayake, Pradeshiya Sabha member Sarath Amarasingha, Galle Municipal Council former member Damith Fernando, Habaraduwa Pradeshiya Sabha former member Devapriya Pathirana and Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha former member Chandrasiri Jagodage, the release said.

These UNP activists and members of local bodies said they would support the President at the forthcoming Southern Provincial Council election.