National Organiser of the UNP S.B. Dissanayake yesterday said SLFP MP Wijedasa Rajapakshe’s crossover from the government ranks to Opposition benches had been engineered by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Former President Kumaratunga had asked MP Rajapakshe to leave the government and join forces with the Opposition, Dissanayake told The Island.
The exact number of ruling party MPs voting against today’s budget could not be predicted, he said.
The UNP had never requested the JHU specifically to vote against the budget, though it had made an open invitation to all parties to come forward for that purpose.
The JHU had sought to gain some political mileage from that request, Dissanayake said.
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