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Memoirs of Sirima R.D.Bandaranaike :
Ceylon becomes Sri Lanka
In 1964 our government was defeated at the Throne Speech by one vote as
explained earlier in a separate chapter. After Parliament was dissolved we
faced a General Election. At this stage we, the SLFP formed a United Front
with the LSSP and CP. It was a keen fight. The UNP won. But they didn't have
a strong majority to form a stable government so they formed a seven party
government with Phillip Goonewardene's Party, MEP, K.M.P. Rajaratnam's group
including members of the Tamil Congress, Federal Party, M. Tiruchelvam of
the was given a ministry. It was really a seven party coalition which did
not last long.
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