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Sajith complains of Ranil and Anura ganging up against him
By Rathindra Kuruwita
There is a secret agreement between independent presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe and National People’s Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, says SJB presidential candidates Sajith Premadasa.
Addressing a meeting at Mawathagama, on Monday Premadasa said Ranil and Anura had closed ranks in a bid to defeat him.
“They have reached a secret agreement, which Ranil has revealed. Now Anura tells the North that the South is voting for him. This is ludicrous, the whole country is voting for me on 21 September,” he said.
Addressing the same rally, SJB MP Harsha de Silva said that the NPP had proposed to change some aspects of the agreement with the IMF. He added that representatives from international sovereign bond holders, who account for 50 percent of Sri Lanka’s external debt, had met him last week and that they were not happy with the NPP.