Massive volume of work complete in North - Minister Premajayantha

Minister of Petroleum, Power and Energy and General Secretary, United People Freedom Alliance Susil Premajayantha at the publicity election rally held at the Weerasingham Hall, Jaffna last week said that under the leadership of the President a massive volume of work had been carried out in the North including Jaffna peninsula and in order to fast track and broaden these development activities it was necessary to select the candidates contesting from the UPFA at the Pradeshiya Sabha election to be held on the 23rd. At this meeting where many Ministers and Deputy Ministers participated, all the candidates contesting the "Pradeshiya Sabhas" in the North from the UPFA as well as the supporters of the Front in large numbers attended.

Speaking at the meeting Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Douglas Devananda, said that quite a long period of time the Ministers and Deputy Ministers from the South did not get an opportunity to come to the North and work with the Northerners together, but this time round all the Ministers from the South with their assistants had come to the North and were engaged in the confidence building process and working collectively for establishing North-South friendship which was a good omen to take the country forward as one people. However, it was a sad thing to observe the Tamil United Liberation Front opposing this move was cooking up various conspiracies and levelling false allegations against the government. But in quite contrast to this, his politics was to establish democracy and through it to obtain their political rights whilst participating in the economic development of the country.

Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa addressing the massive gathering of people said that the candidates of the UPFA being blessed with the active support of almost all the Ministers of the Cabinet of a government with a 2/3 majority and a leader selected as President with an unprecedented majority of votes without fear could promise the people of solving all their problems at the run up to the "Pradeshiya Sabha' polls, because it was the policy of the government as well, he added.

He also said that a large number of factories for the North were in the pipeline including the re-commencement of the Elephant Pass saltern which would generate ample job opportunities for the youth in the North which certainly would take Jaffna to its former glory, 30 years ago, having taken all these into consideration, I solicit from the people of Jaffna to take necessary steps to make the UPFA candidates win at the forthcoming Pradeshiya Sabha elections.