Former Maharagama Urban Council Chairman Kanthi Kodikara and five others representing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPJ) took oaths before former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as members of the council. 

Accordingly, six members of the Independent Group 02 who were previously elected to the council resigned from their positions. 

The Independent Group two contested the Local Government election under the symbol Motor cycle and won the council. 

The large majority of them were not even residents of the Maharagama MC area.