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Interviewed by DEEPAL WARNAKULASURIYA

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapakse entered the political arena in 1968 as the SLFP Organiser for the Beliatta electorate on the sad demise of his father D.A.Rajapakse who had held that seat for decades. In 1970 Mahinda was the youngest Member of Parliament representing Beliatta in the Hambantota district and today he has gone through over three decades of political life. Here, the 'Sunday Observer' meets him as he completes one year as the Leader of the Opposition.
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