Provincial Councilor Daya Gamage and UNP National Organizer Ravi Karunanayake lashes out at the government over the introduction of Assets and Acquisitions Bill.
Also UNP opposed the bill in principle due to the adverse impact it could have on the economy and that the party would reconsider its stance if the government agreed to make some amendments to the existing clauses. An irate UNP financier accused the UPFA of targeting Sevanagala sugar factory when they addressed the media at Aluthkade after Ven. Keeniyawela Palitha thera, the chief incumbent of the Nalandaramaya, Nugegoda moved the Supreme Court against the Bill.