Former Central Provincial Council Minister Thilina Bandara Tennakoon obtained membership with the United National Party. 

Tennakoon met UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning at Temple Trees and obtained party membership. 

UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella and General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam were present when Tennakoon met Wickremesinghe this morning.

He is a nephew of UPFA Parliamentarian and Rajapaksa loyalist Janaka Bandara Tennakoon.

Janaka Bandara Tennakoon recently relinquished his SLFP membership and joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).

Tennakoon's defection follows the decision by two UPFA members of the Western Provincial Council to join the UNP.