Ranil must apologise to northern people for inciting racism: AKD responds to Ranil

Colombo, September 8 (Daily Mirror)-  President Ranil Wickremesinghe must apologise to the northern people for inciting racism during a rally in Jaffna, instead of challenging him to apologise to the northern people, NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

Speaking at the 25th convention of the Inter Company Employees' Union (ICEU), Dissanayake said President Wickremesinghe had challenged him to apologise to the northern people claiming that he had inflicted undue influence on the northern people.

"Ranil is attempting to incite racism in this election. I must be thankful to TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran. He has given the correct answer to Ranil. Ranil, you must apologise now,” he said.

Dissanayake said politics of inciting racism in the country is gone now. 

"Politics of inciting racism in the country is not valid and successful now," he added.