Minister of Mass Media and Information Gayantha Karunathilaka said that the former UPFA government should be blamed for importing sub-standard fertilizer which has caused the spreading of the kidney disease.

 

Speaking at a press briefing in Galle, the Galle District UNP candidate said that it was ironical to see the UPFA accusing the present government of trying to discontinue the fertilizer subsidy.

 

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently said that the UNP was planning to destroy the agricultural sector. The UNP manifesto does not say a word on the fertilizer subsidy, Rajapaksa claimed, saying that it was a sign that the UNP was planning to discontinue it.

 

However, Karunathilaka today refuted this allegation.