Time to show gratitude to President - Ven Muruttettuwe Thera

Chamikara WEERASINGHE

The members of Jayewardenepura Vidyodaya Vidyartheens' Alumni Association yesterday held an Ashirvada Puja at Narahenpita Abhayarama Temple to invoke blessings on President Mahinda Rajapaksa to ensure his victory at the Presidential election 2010.

Chief Incumbant of Abhayarama, Ven. Muruttettuwe Ananda Thera conducted the P uja. The President of Jayewardenepura Alumni Association and Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena, Urban Development and Sacred Area Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and former Inspector General of Police and Additional Secretary of Trade Ministry Jayantha Wickremeratne took part in the Puja. Ven. Muruttettuwe Ananda Thera said, they contemplated that who shall be rightly placed with blessings to lead the country upon their conduct and performances as public leaders.

"It was the man who ended and removed the bane of terrorism that plagued the country for over thirty years, the man who sprinkled the country with the water of peace after ending 30 years of bloody war through tact, bravery and uprightness. He is our President now," said the Thera.

He has started his campaign today asking the people's mandate to continue his office, he added. "Seven months have passed since he has freed the country and paved the way for the people to breath the air of freedom." It is now time to show one's gratitude to him who has done what others thought impossible, he said.