A protest under the theme, No third term for Mahinda. Stop illegal presidential election!, organised by the People’s Movement for Democracy, commenced at the Gunasinghapura Price Grounds in Colombo on Tuesday evening

Frontline members of the JVP including JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake attended the protest rally. Our reporter says that JHU Chairman, Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thera, MP Arjuna Ranatunga and other political and civil activists also participated in this protest.

A protest march was held prior to the commencement of the rally. The protest march which commenced near Campbell Park in Borella, reached the Gunasinghapura Price Grounds via Technical Junction, Maradana.

Heavy showers did not deter the group including, JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, from going ahead with their protest.

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