Taking part in a special discussion in a private radio channel, the provincial councilor said the struggle that commenced from Nugegoda has now spread throughout the country in various forms.

He accused that the government is trying to postpone the election out of fear.
“We did it (the Nugegoda rally) with four main intentions. The first is to give the message to the public that the motherland is in danger. The public showed their agreement by waiving the national flag. Secondly we gave the message to the public that we need to bring Mahinda Rajapaksa back to save the country from this danger. The public showed their agreement once again by waiving his pictures.

Next we requested Rajapaksa to come back to politics. A positive response was seen in his greeting sent to the rally. Finally our intention was to demand the UPFA to appoint Maihinda Rajapaksa as the prime ministerial candidate,” Gammanpila said.

“However, the UPFA has still not given us a positive response on that. Instead the government is now trying to postpone the election from one year in order to wither away the ‘Mahinda fever’. We are organizing rallies against this move island wide,” Gammanpila added.