UNP Gampaha District Leader Arjuna Ranatunga has resigned from his post stating that it was not proper for the party’s Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardane to be under him.

In a letter to UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has said “as you discussed with me I have decided to resign from the District Leader’s post since it was not proper for the party’s Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene to be under him.”
Copies of the letter has been sent to Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene, General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Assitant Leader Ravi Karunanayake and National Organizer Navin Dissanayake.(S)