Two UNP PS members extend support to President

Two UNP Pradeshiya Sabha members yesterday met President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Nuwara Eliya and pledged their support to the Mahinda Chintana programme.

Nandasena Weerasinghe and R.M.P.G. Panditha, both members of the Walapane Pradeshiya Sabha met the President at the President’s House in Nuwara-Eliya yesterday morning and communicated their desire to support the President.

A staunch UNPer in Nuwara Eliya B.M.I. Jayantha Bandara was also present.

They said it was the duty of all to support the President and the Government which is dedicated to eradicate terrorism and build a country where all could live in peace.

Jayalalithaa has adequate security: Karunanidhi

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday said that his government was providing more than the Home Ministry prescribed security to AIADMK General Secretary Jayalalithaa.

Referring to the reported statement by Jayalalithaa and her partymen that she wanted more security, following threats by the LTTE and recent attack on her convoy at Pasumpon, he told reporters here that as against prescribed 54 personnel for Z plus category, the Government was providing 84 security guards to the former chief minister.