Eastern UNP candidate joins UPFA

President Mahinda Rajapaksa greets Arumugan Jayakumar when the latter met the President at Temple Trees following his decision to join the UPFA. Picture by Sudath Silva

Batticaloa District UNP candidate of the Eastern Provincial Council poll Arumugan Jayakumar, joined hands with United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) to strengthen the hands of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to develop the country at Temple Trees yesterday.

Jayakumar said after ending the bloody thirty year war, the Eastern Province has been blessed with massive development projects and the living standards of the Northerners are developing with a number of massive development projects.

“It is a duty of everyone who loves the motherland to support the UPFA government led by President Rajapaksa at this juncture to contribute to the rapid development projects being implemented in the country”, he said.