Range Bandara Claims 13 SLPP Members Will Join the UNP

State Minister of Irrigation Palitha Range Bandara stated that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party does not have  the strength to break away from the UNP to form a separate government of their own.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) deserters will  not make the required  number  to form the government.

13 members of parliament from the SLPP have already pledged their support to the UNP strengthening  the political power of the UNP. Under these circumstances, forming an SLFP government on their own is impossible.

Speaking to the media at a gathering in Anamaduwa, Palitha Range Bandara stated that once the 13 SLPP members join with the 106 UNP parliamentarians, the SLFP will have no option but to concede defeat.