According to political sources, National Organizer of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Basil Rajapaksa and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa are scheduled to meet President Ranil Wickremesinghe this evening. The sources further said that there will be discussions on reaching an agreement on the future political affairs between the two parties before the presidential election and the parliamentary election.
The attention of many parties is focused on this discussion, which is being held at a time when several political alliances are to be built aiming at the presidential election to be held this year.
A section of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has already expressed support for the President, and the group is already holding political meetings across the country to get the people’s support for the President.
Apart from that, a group including the chief organizer of the ruling party, Prasanna Ranatunga, is working from the point of view that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna should support the President.
According to internal sources, all the issues between the two leaders are to be discussed here.