Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Chief Organizer for the Agalawatta electorate Ranjith Somawansa has crossed over to the Opposition, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).
The SJB said in a statement that Ranjith Somawansa met with the Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa today.
Somawansa worked as the Minister of Health, Indigenous Medicine, Probation and Childcare and Minister of Education, Culture and Arts in the Western Provincial Council and performed a remarkable mission during that period.
The SJb further stated that Somawansa is a graduate of the University of Colombo and has also acted as an outstanding student activist at the University.
Having been the Chairman of Progressive Students Front and United Students’ Front of the University of Colombo, he later entered politics through the Sri Lanka Freedom Party on the invitation of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
The SJb added that Somawansa was elected as a member of the Western Provincial Council in 1993 and is a character with decades of political experience, having held the offices of the Leader of the House and Deputy Leader of the House etc. of the Western Provincial Council. (NewsWire)
