Bathiudeen moves east, takes battle to SLMC home turf
Moving his party, the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), to the Eastern Province for the first time, the ACMC’s leader Rishad Bathiudeen has moved his battle right into the political fulcrum of the East, Ampara, which is also considered the home turf of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC).
Addressing voters in Sammanthurai, Ampara on 27 July in, Bathiudeen said: “In the Northern Province, the ACMC is contesting with the UNP. Seeing