Hector Kobbekaduwa created agricultural renaissance - PM
Present day politicians should take as their ideals pro-people
policies followed by leaders such as the late Hector Kobbekaduwa, Prime
Minister D M Jayaratne said addressing the 26th Hector Kobbekaduwa
Commemoration Ceremony held at the premises of the Hector Kobbekaduwa
Agricultural Research and Training Institute, Colombo.
The land reform carried out by Hector Kobbekaduwa resulted in
agricultural renaissance, he added. Kobbekaduwa had to face several
challenges in bringing out land reform but he had strength and
conviction to meet them, the premier said.
He lamented that it has not been possible to carry forward the land
reform program initiated by Hector Kobbekaduwa. |