Eleventh Hour  Rice & Fertilizer Import by Originating Telephone Call: MR

Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe , while addressing  the public  at the launch of the election campaign of the Joint Peoples Front (JPF), the coalition formed by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and other political parties of the Joint Opposition at  the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo  yesterday (2) said,  now the people have to wait at Galle Face Green till a shipment of rice or other food arrive, But during his tenure the country was self –sufficient  in respect of essential commodities.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman G.L. Peiris, leaders of other political parties and MPs of the Joint Opposition attended the launch.