UPFA will win 11 seats in Kurunegala

Land Development, Human Settlement and Ranaviru Welfare Minister Johnston Fernando said the UPFA Government would secure 11 seats from Kurunegala district at the upcoming General Election.

"In view the overwhelming public support, I am confident the Government would be able to gain a two thirds majority at the forthcoming General Election. We would definitely get the two thirds majority in Kurunegala district as well," the Minister told the Sunday Observer.

He said at present the UNP has faced a severe set-back and they are unable to find even enough people to conduct their election campaign. Their existing vote base will be further reduced by another half at this General Election.

"In order to cover up his political bankruptcy, the UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has called upon his supporters in Kurunegala to come to streets and demonstrate that Minister Indika Bandaranaika and I had lost our parliamentary representation. Unfortunately not even a single person from Kurunegala joined the protest campaign. I have challenged the UNP Leadership to organise any such protest against us if possible. There were not even 500 people at the UNP election rally held at Kurunegala on Friday under the patronage of Ranil Wickremesinghe," the Minister said.

First Prime Minister D.S.Senanayake will go down in history as the founder of the UNP while Wickremesinghe as the Leader who destroyed the party, he said.

Commenting on the undated resignation letters obtained by the UNP from its candidates, Minister Fernando said this shows the political bankruptcy of the Opposition Leader. This means the UNP candidates are not ready to accept his leadership. He has forced his candidates to sign this undated resignation letter because he knows another group of UNP MPs will certainly join the Government after the General Election, the Minister added.