United National Party Parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa says that the people of India have created an opportunity for a new journey. The MP made this statement at a function held in Hambantota on Friday evening.

The function was held under the programme to commemorate the twenty first death anniversary of late President Ranasinghe Premadasa.

He said; “What happened in India? The people elected a new government because the Congress Party which ruled the country for a decade did not serve the people the way it should have. So the people made a decision to begin a new journey for the country, a series of new policies, they embraced this. What they needed was a new programme, a new leadership which would be able to take the country towards development. They needed a powerful leadership for this – for this new journey and this what they did. So, if this can be done in India, why can’t it be done in our country.”

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