AKD administration rejects offers from smaller parties to work with Govt. View(s):Hardly had the nominations for the parliamentary elections been handed over, political parties began planning on how they would be part of a future government. The parties, therefore, have been forced to hold back their plans while going ahead with their campaigns. But he regained the seat in the same year as parliamentary polls were held for the second time that year. Thereafter, he was re-elected in all parliamentary polls from the South except in the last parliamentary elections, where he contested from the Kurunegala district.

Source: Sunday Times October 12, 2024 19:48 UTC