UNP National List MP Athuraliya Rathana Thera announced that he will act as an independent MP in future.

Rathana Thera, who was a leading figure in the Jathika Hela Urumaya, said that he now belongs to no party.

Announcing his decision to the media today, he said that he will be forming a new national movement.

He also said that he will not sit in the opposition in parliament. His aim is to guide the government in the correct path, he added.