• UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara told a media conference that no one is interested in killing Mr. Premadasa

By Yohan Perera  

UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara While responding to a comment by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa on a threat to his life, UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara told a media conference that no one is interested in killing Mr. Premadasa.  

“No one is interested in killing Mr. Premadasa. We do not consume beef,” he said.  

“However a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member who is a Muslim and who often holds media conferences informed me that Mr. Premadasa had decided not to contest the Presidential election. This MP told me that Mr. Premadasa is publicly lying when he says he will contest the Presidential election,” Range Bandara said.  

“Also, we have experienced how Mr. Premadasa had behaved in the past. He made Karu Jayasuriya contest the UNP leadership once, then he made Dullas Alahapperuma to contest for the presidency when a vote was taken up to elect a new President when former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned from his post in 2022,” he said.