Parting of ways for Ganeshan’s DPF and Ranil’s UNF?

The Democratic People’s Front (DPF) formerly the Western People’s Front (WPF) of Mano Ganeshan has stated that it is leaving the United National Front (UNF) coalition of the United National Party (UNP).

Mano Ganeshan failed to secure a place in Parliament at the recently concluded elections though his brother Prabha Ganeshan managed to enter Parliament.

The DPF decision follows the non-inclusion of Mano Ganeshan’s name in the UNF National List.

The UNF under UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has failed to honour the written agreement entered into with the DPF when it entered into an alliance with the UNF, MP elect Prabha Ganeshan has reportedly told BBC’s Tamil service BBC Thamil Osai.

The UNF had gone back on the promise of a National List slot in Parliament in lieu of a DPF candidacy from the Colombo district at the general elections, Mano Ganeshan has told the BBC.

Meanwhile, Prabha Ganeshan has told the BBC Thamil Osai that the DPF had not taken any decision to support the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government at the meeting of the working committee of the party. However he had added that certain members from the government have had discussions with the DPF.

The failure of the UNF to allocate a seat from the Colombo district through the National List had been blocked by some UNP members from the majority community, Prabha has told the BBC’s Thamil Osai.