'Dare to dream', latest political drama

By Anura Maitipe

The "Dare to dream" is the latest tragic political drama played by two foes-the UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mangala Samaraweera in the guise of good friends. It will not bring any good to the people but in turn will boomerang on themselves, Minister of Mahaweli and Rajarata Development Maithripala Sirisena told the Sunday Observer.

The alliance between the UNP and the dissident group of the SLFP led by Mangala Samaraweera has created further friction among UNP politicians. As a result some UNP parliamentarians have expressed their willingness to join the Government to oppose the move by the UNP leadership, the Minister said. The deal between the UNP and the dissident group of the SLFP called "Dare to dream" is a self-centred dream to grab power by cheating each other.

But these two groups work together with different agendas, the Minister said.

The UNP leadership is attempting to make use of the Mangala-Siripathy group as a cat's paw to gain power. Mangala Samaraweera tries to make use of this opportunity to become the opposition leader by deceiving a weak leader of the UNP, he said. The SLFP is a strong party and on many occasions certain groups crossed over to the opposition on various issues. But it is regrettable that many of them ended their political career in the UNP political dustbin, he said.