'President, the only leader to improve living standards of masses'
Ganga Ihala Group Corr
'President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the only leader since Independence,
who made a sincere effort to improve the living standards of the rural
masses. It was he who charted a bright future for the future
generations.
'Sinister forces who despised the achievements the country gained
under his leadership, were attempting to undermine the country's
progress by levelling baseless charges against the country and its
leadership, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, said.
The minister was addressing a meeting after inaugurating
rehabilitation work on the Pallegama-Warakawa road in Pasbage Korale
under the Mahinda Chinthana, 'One development project for each village'
programme.
Aluthgamage said that terrorism which had dogged the country's
progress for nearly three decades, was eradicated by President Mahinda
Rajapaksa within a period of three years.
The opposition leaders who knew that they could not even dream of
gaining power until President Mahinda Rajapaksa was at the helm, were
trying to obstruct the country's progress by hatching various
conspiracies against the government.
He said the government had planned to ensure that all present bus
routes were carpeted by 2018. He said that once such development work
had been completed, there would be no 'difficult villages'. They would
be totally erased from the country's map like the previous border
villages. He said that when countries led by the US had brought a
resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC sessions, the Opposition
Leader visited Jaffna and claimed that there was no development at all
in the North.
An Opposition would never make such wild claims if it was really
patriotic minded.
Aluthgamage said that villages that had been devastated for over a
period of 30 years, have been rebuilt within a short period of four
years, to ensure decent livelihoods for the residents. People in the
North and East were fully aware of the services rendered by the
government for their progress. |