Azwer slams vicious UNP rumours

UPFA National List Parliamentarian A.H.M. Azwer yesterday vehemently condemned the vicious and malicious propaganda carried out by the UNP to mislead the Muslims of Hambantota to obtain their votes.

He said the UNP was spreading a canard to say that there was a plan by the government to demolish the mosque in New Town Hambantota which was destroyed by the tsunami.

The MP pointed out that it was against the law of the land to spread this kind of rumour to create communal and religious discord among communities.

“This type of propaganda spread by rumour mongers is liable to be punished by the law.”

Azwer said he has reported the matter to the OIC Hambantota police station.

Addressing a series of meetings in Hambantota, the MP warned Muslim voters not to be misled by these vicious and inflammatory propaganda. He said the bankrupt UNP which has run out of political slogans has started resorting to this type of shameless propaganda like a drowning man clinging on to any object to keep himself afloat.

Azwer maintained that instead of demolishing the said mosque, the government with the help of the Muslims of Hambantota has already built a new beautiful mosque replacing the destroyed one at the same site.

Having miserably failed to win over the Colombo Muslims, the UNP, he said, has decided to go all the way down to Hambantota to resume its vicious campaign of falsehoods and deception in a futile exercise to lift its waning electoral fortunes.