President visits ailing SLFP stalwart

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday paid a visit to former Parliamentarian and SLFP stalwart Ananda Dassanayake who is receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Kandy General Hospital for a serious ailment.

The President also spoke to members of the Dassanayake family and inquired about his condition.

The former MP who is also a central committee member of the SLFP and former Governor who served as a SLFP trade union leader, first entered Parliament in 1960.

Minister Maithripala Sirisena was also present on the occasion.