Speaking at a meeting in Elpitiya, he said, "In 1936, D.M. Rajapaksa went to his first election after being in jail... He was jailed on charges of obtaining Rs. 14,000 for the election. Those days, you could be jailed even for civil cases...."

"After the Mulkirigala election, Mahinda Rajapaksa was jailed on charges of a triple-murder.. Our mother passed away those days. Only I had not winded up in jail... Now, I did too... So did Yoshitha."

Therefore, we are not afraid. Wherever there are the public of this country, the Rajapaksas led by Mahinda Rajapaksa will be there, he further added.