Ranil Has Ruined SLPP’s Identity, Says Ranjith Bandara

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Member of Parliament Professor Ranjith Bandara has accused Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe of damaging the identity of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and eroding the legacy of the Rajapaksa political movement.

Professor Bandara urged senior leaders of the SLPP to refrain from selling out their political movement to Wickremesinghe.

Former SLPP Member of Parliament Professor Ranjith Bandara has published two detailed posts on social media expressing deep concern over what he describes as the destruction of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s identity and the Rajapaksa legacy.

In his first post, Bandara stated:

“Ranil Wickremesinghe, to our understanding, has never shared our party’s vision or values. He has undoubtedly destroyed our political identity and distorted it. He has damaged the Rajapaksa legacy entrusted to us by the people and decisively ruined the political future of the Rajapaksas. The crises he claims to be solving are the very ones produced under his supervision during the Yahapalana era. While we may personally sympathize with him, the harm he has done to our party can no longer be ignored. Ranil only grows stronger when we are divided. When SLPP heavyweights and prominent members individually gravitate toward his orbit, our collective strength inevitably weakens. We have seen this happen. We are still seeing it.”

In his second post, Bandara made a direct appeal to SLPP leadership:

“This is a moment for SLPP leaders, organizers, and supporters to reflect deeply. Do not sell our movement back to Ranil. Let him bear the weight of his own failures. We have no journey to make with him.”