LG polls - UPFA leaders to discuss nominations

The leaders of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) will meet on Tuesday to discuss the nominations for the forthcoming local government elections scheduled to be held in October this year. The UPFA’s main party leaders will decide on their future action plan and the nominations for the forthcoming local government elections at the meeting, a senior politician of the UPFA said.

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Focus on LG elections in N-E:

Peaceful co-existence, the dream of Tamils

This is an encouraging situation. Although some extremist Tamil political parties tried their best to poison the minds of the Tamil voters in North and East with communal politics, it did not succeed. It was the Government's massive development programs and the hopes the Tamils entertained for a bright future that had a bearing in their vote.

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