To fight conspiratorial elements:

'Time has come to re-enact A. E. Gunasinghe's revolutionary struggle'

The time has come for every Sri Lankan to reenact the revolutionary struggle of the late A. E. Gunasinghe to fight conspiratorial elements which are for a pot of porridge endeavouring to de-stabilize the legally elected government allured by dollars received by them from Western powers Parliamentarian and Parliament Council Member A. H. M. Azwer said.

A. H. M. Azwer

Azwer was speaking at the A.E. Gunasinghe commemoration meeting held at Saunder's Court, Pettah recently Ranjith Maddumabandara, MP, delivered the memorial speech. Kadiragonna.

Labour Party President Vijitha Kadiragoona Presided Colombo Mayor A. J. M. Muzammil garlanded the E. A. Gunasinghe statue. Deputy Mayor Titus Perera was also present.

Azwer said Mahathma Gandhi started his anti-colonial agitation by staging the Salt Yatra at Thandi, India and started his Sathyagraha Movement asking the whiteman to leave his country. Similarly, Labour Leader A. E. Gunasinghe refused to pay taxes to the then colonial regime and courted arrest and thereby signaled the departure of white rulers from Ceylon, he said.

If A. E. Gunasinghe was living today, he would have definitely joined forces with President Mahinda Rajapaksa to rid the country from conspiracies hatched through foreign elements.

The great Muslim leader Dr. T. B. Jayah and A. E. Gunasinghe, though bitterly fought against each other at the elections in Colombo Central, they had something in common, that is both were anti imperialist in word and deed and they were friends of the poor and proletariats, and both were fiercely patriotic towards, their motherland. They both gave the correct guidance and leadership for Sinhalese and Muslims to chart out their future course of action and fight against all forces that are inimical to the sovereignty of our country, Azwer said.

Wheelchairs and other items were distributed among the disabled people at the Commemoration meeting.