President meets former President

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Sirisena have held a discussion yesterday (20).

The General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said the meeting was held at the Presidential Secretariat with the participation of several other representatives of the party.

The discussion was centred on the activities of the new alliance, ‘Sri Lanka Nidhahas Podujana Sandhanaya’, the minister said further.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) recently reached an agreement to contest the upcoming general election under the alliance named ‘Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Sandanaya’.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was named as the Leader of the alliance while former President Maithripala Sirisena will be serving as its Chairman.