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Mahinda Rajapaksa to Join Podujana Peramuna Rally in Anuradhapura

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

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  • Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to attend the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna rally in Anuradhapura on Sept. 12, party operations chief Johnston Fernando said.
  • Fernando said Rajapaksa would help offset the absence of Namal Rajapaksa.
  • Rajapaksa plans to join the rally from among supporters or another platform rather than address the crowd from the main stage.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to appear at the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna rally in Anuradhapura, according to the party’s operations chief, Johnston Fernando.

Fernando said Rajapaksa would attend the rally so that supporters would not feel the absence of Namal Rajapaksa. The party’s public rally is scheduled to take place on Sept. 12 and will go ahead as planned, he said.

Rajapaksa will not take the main stage to address the crowd. Instead, he has decided to join the rally from among people in front of the stage or from another platform, Fernando said.

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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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