SLPP candidate emotional over alleged murder plot

COLOMBO (News1st): Jagath Pushpakumara, an election candidate has expressed strong disappointment, alleging that there is a plot to murder him before the August 5 parliamentary poll. "How they are treating us is disgraceful," an emotional Pushpakumara who is contesting from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) told a public rally in Wellawaya. "What is the value of a position that is achieved by murdering a person?". The candidate said remain committed towards fulfilling his responsibilities on behalf of the people regardless of the plot to murder him. Pushpakumara recalled that he had been a staunch member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from which a breakaway group had formed the SLPP. He said it was he who brought in massive crowds to attend the rallies of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Pelwatta in a bid to make him victorious at the 2015 presidential poll. "I engaged in politics by coming face to face with the United National Party. I uplifted the SLFP," he added.