Govt set for resounding victory at PC polls - deputy minister

Deputy Environment Minister Abdul Cader said the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) is confident of a resounding victory at the forthcoming provincial council elections. Commenting on the upcoming polls, he said it was important for all communities, whether it be Sinhala, Tamil or Muslims to vote for the government and further strengthen it at a time when the country was forging ahead in all areas.

He urged the Muslim community to put petty differences aside and support the UPFA as it was this government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa which paved the way for all communities to live in unity, friendship and harmony.

"It is the present government which restored the lost rights and properties of Muslims who were at the receiving end due to LTTE terrorist activities in the not too distant past," he pointed out.

The Deputy Minister said the government had taken measures to restore destroyed mosques in the North and East, fully supported to increase religious pilgrimages of Muslims and has helped the community more than any other government.