Former parliamentarian Rukman Senanayake is expected to contest the general election from the Kegalle District on the United National Party (UNP) ticket.

He was appointed Deraniyagala UNP Organiser by party Leader and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today.

Mr. Senanayake was a member of parliament from 1997 to 2010 and is a grandson of the country’s first Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake.(Yohan Perera)