UPFA to hold 40 PC election rallies

Ministers to lead campaigns:

By L. S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI

Forty Major election rallies, six presided over by President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be held in Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Kurunegala, Matale and Puttalam districts during the election campaign of the forthcoming Central and North Western Provincial Council elections, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma told Sunday Observer.

Six senior Ministers, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Maithripala Sirisena, Susil Premajayanth, W. D. J. Seneviratna, Kumar Welgama and Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi will be leading the election campaign in Kurunegala, Kandy Puttalam, Matale and Nuwara Eliya districts for the two provincial councils, he said.

Eleven major rallies will be held under the patronage of Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake and the other 23 rallies will be held under the leadership of the leaders of the UPFA and ministers, he said. Minister Susil Premajayanth, General Secretary UPFA said all relevant parties including the organisers were briefed about the campaign strategy.

They will be placed in the two provinces to manage the election campaign from today, he said.