UPFA celebrates 62nd anniversary of SLFP

by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.

The 62nd anniversary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will be celebrated on a grand scale at Maligapitiya in Kurunegala on September 2 at 3.00 p.m. It will be held with the participation of party leaders of the UPFA. President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the chief guest and the President will hold the first election propaganda meeting of the UPFA here for the forthcoming provincial polls for Wayamba, Northern and Central Provinces. The election is scheduled to be held on September 21.

All cabinet ministers, parliamentarians, former NWP PC Councillors in the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts will participate in the anniversary celebrations. People's representatives of Pradeshiya Sabhas in the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts too will take part in the celebrations, Indika Bandaranayake, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils, told the Sunday Observer regarding the programs of the SLFP for the forthcoming Wayamba PC polls. Indika Bandaranayake, the Kurunegala District parliamentarian is the chief organiser of the SLFP for the Panduwasnuwara electorate.