Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that the UNP government has brought back the underworld figures which his government had chased away.

 

Speaking at a meeting in Lunugamvehera, he insisted that the political campaign during the last few weeks was testament to the situation in the country.

 

Furthermore, Rajapaksa said that the new government had stopped the development work initiated by his government. Most of the work in Hambantota and other less developed regions in the country have been brought to a standstill, he added.

 

Rajapaksa asked the people to vote for the UPFA to restart the development programmes.