Video: UNP MPs dismiss claims made by MR

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UNP MP Ajith Perera today denied claims made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa that the group of visiting UNP parliamentarians had ridiculed the development taking place in Hambantota as they left Port.

The five parliamentarians Eran Wickramaratne, Ajith Manapperuma, Ajith P.Perera, R. Yogarajan, Nalin Bandara Jayamaha and UNP Leadership Council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya expressed their views about the attack in Hambantota.

The parliamentarian said the President had expressed the view that the parliamentarians had angered the public by suggesting the Hambantota Port was a pool and the Mattala Airport was fit to be a museum.

“No UNP parliamentarian ever said that and we did not make such a comment either. We said the projects were being conducted in a fraudulent manner and that it would be conducted in a transparent manner under the UNP,” Perera said. (Darshana Sanjeewa)

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