The Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) will support President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the UPFA at the upcoming polls. Issuing a media release the Presidential Media Unit noted that Leader of the CWC Minister Arumugam Thondaman had pledged the support of the CWC, without any conditions.

The Minister pledged his support when he met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Thursday October 16, along with representatives of the CWC. The release issued by the Presidential Media Unit noted that Minister Thondaman praised the work done by the President to uplift the community in the estate sector and stated that they would continue to place their trust in President Rajapaksa.

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