UPFA MP Padma Udayashantha Gunasekara said that he will not bow down to the Prime Minister's attempts at shutting down opposition voices in Parliament.

Gunasekara, a new MP elected from Moneragala District, was involved in an heated incident in Parliament involving the Prime Minister and the National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa among others. Gunasekara is also a member of the NFF led by Weerawansa.

Speaking to Asian Mirror yesterday, Gunasekara said that the Prime Minister's conduct in Parliament on Thursday was inappropriate. No Prime Minister ever asked a Member of the House to leave in that manner, Gunasekara said.

He also said that the Prime Minister was acting in an authoritarian manner despite his claims of good governance.

Gunasekara also said that the government was fulfilling its federalist agenda. Giving the TNA the Opposition Leader position was one indication of what is to come ahead, he claimed.

Furthermore, Gunasekara said that he will mobilize the people against the government's federalist agenda.