Cader resigns party position

UNP Kandy District Parliamentarian and UNP Muslim National Organizer A.R.M. Abdul Cader has resigned from the position he holds in the party in protest against the party leadership’s inability to safeguard the traditional UNP voter base in the Kandy District.

In a letter to UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Cader a very senior UNP parliamentarian said despite the division of votes, the party had nominated three candidates for the Kandy District and brought in SLMC leader Rauf Hakim and thereby losing the five seats in parliament.

He said in his letter that the party hierarchy did not extend any support to him during the general election and therefore he was resigning from the position of UNP Muslim National Organizer.