Basil resigns as SLFP national organiser

15 January 2015 09:46 am

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa today resigned from his post and notified his decision to party General Secretary Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, sources close to him said.


Mr. Rajapaksa, who headed the presidential election campaign of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said he accepted full responsibility for his brother’s defeat at the January 8 election.  


In his letter to Mr. Yapa, he had also mentioned that he would sit in Parliament as a backbencher of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA). (Kelum Bandara)