Some SJB MPs likely to join UNP: Ruwan

• Says there is no vast difference between UNP and SJB

By Yohan Perera

Some Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs are currently in a dialogue with UNP, and they would probably join up with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.  “Some SJB MPs openly criticize President Wickremesinghe, but they praise him when they talk to us, and they express their desire to join us,” Mr. Wijewardene told journalists. 

“We believe that SJB MPs will join us soon. There is no vast difference between UNP and SJB,” he added.

He said he does not go after positions in the party. “We are ready to sacrifice our posts even to Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa if he wants to join us,” he also said.