Students’ contribution vital to build country - Dinesh

Atapattu Bandara

“The country’s education system should be revamped in a manner that would provide ample opportunities for the student generation as their contribution is pivotal to build the country,Sri Lanka Mahajana Ekasath Peramuna Leader and Water Supply and Urban Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said.

He was addressing a public rally to mark the the 56th anniversary of the the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna at Viaharamaha Devi Park yesterday.

“The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna was the driving force behind the 1956 people’s revolution which turned a new chapter in the history of Sri Lanka”.

“Every student should get an opportunity to learn in their respective fields and the government has a responsibility to create new avenues for them”, he added.

Minister Gunawardena said that the public should be more vigilant as certain elements with vested interests are trying to topple the government by hatching various conspiracies. He said that these sinister forces want to topple the government to exploit the country.

“Sri Lanka is not an oil producing country and we totally depend on oil imports. We accept the people’s grievance due to the recent fuel increase”, he pointed out.

“But people always stood united when the country faced a crisis . The time has come to shed all differences and join together for the country’s prosperity. The 1956 people’s revolution became a turning point in Sri Lanka’s history as it brought all progressive forces of the country under one banner.

“The MEP established from several national organizations with the support of fivefold forces, namely, monks, the indigenous medical practitioners, the teachers, the farmers and the workers, and removed the country from the shackles of imperialism”, he said.

‘S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and D.A. Rajapaksa ,Philip Gunawardena,William Silva,the Sama Samaja Party and K.M.P. Rajarathne were the founders of the party”, he said.

“No government was able to create a single party government after independence. Many of them were coalition governments, he said.

Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Ministers Basil Rajapaksa, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Tissa Vitharama, A.H.M. Fowzie, Maithripala Sirisena and Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana also participated.