Our correspondents say that there was an internal crisis in the party during the public rally held in Ratthota for the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Namal Rajapaksa.
While MP Nishantha Dias was addressing the rally, Matale District MP Nalaka Kottegoda left the stage in protest.
Recently, during a public rally held in Laggala, Member of Parliament Nalaka Kottegoda was expressing his views when a group of people attended the rally protested against him. They said that Nalaka Kottegoda should be removed from the post of Laggala organizer and Tilak Bandara should be appointed in his place.