Sri Lanka Freedom Party Aranayake Chief Organizer Lalith Dissanayake said that he lost the election due to a systematic campaign carried out by a section of the UPFA.

 

Speaking at a press conference convened at his residence, Dissanayake said that a section of the party labeled him as a UNP supporter for accepting ministerial duties under the ‘good governance government.’

 

Those who supported former President Mahinda Rajapaksa led a campaign to defeat those who had offered their support to the ‘good governance government’ and he was also a victim of this campaign, he added.

 

Dissanayake refuted the allegations that he had betrayed the SLFP, saying that he did not leave the party when it was defeated in 2001.

 

Dissanayake contested the recent election from the Kegalle District but failed to enter parliament.