Joint opposition sources said, that NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa, once a die-hard loyalist of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, has now become a follower of Basil Rajapaksha as ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa is against the leadership of Gotabhaya in a new political force of the joint opposition. The current situation is that Wimal Weerawansa, Dinesh Gunawardena, Udaya Gammanpila and civil society activists including Nalaka Godahewa. and Mahinda Rajapakshe have entrusted the organizing part of the new political force to Basil. Weerawansa was the main speaker at the rally organized by Basil in Badulla recently.
Loyalists of Gotabhaya are at a loss to understand as to why he has been sidelined from these activities, the sources added.
Addressing media yesterday in Colombo Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickreme, said that the development special provision…