UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa has abstained from voting when the proposal to form a common alliance was taken for a vote at the party Working Committee meeting today.

Premadasa's group was not in favour of forming an alliance with affiliated parties and organizations of the UNP for the next Presidential election.

Meanwhile, Minister Harsha de Silva confirmed that the UNP Working Committee which met today decided unanimously to form an alliance for the upcoming Presidential election.

"But we did not have agreement on its proposed Constitution. We decided to reconvene after the leaders of constituent parties agree on amendments," De Silva tweeted after the Working Committee meting.

"Also, no agreement yet on the date of the launch event," he further added.

Minister Ajith Perera, a fervent supporter of UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa posted on Facebook after the UNP Working Committee meeting that it was an "inauspicious day".