Dilan says Mahinda lost last election because of Basil Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) spokesman Dilan Perera says former President Mahinda Rajapaksa lost the last Presidential election because of his brother Basil Rajapaksa.
Speaking at a public event in Hali-Ela, Perera said that Basil Rajapaksa fled the country as soon as Mahinda Rajapaksa lost the election.
“We were with Mahinda Rajapaksa. We did not abandon him. But he (Basil Rajapaksa) fled within 24 hours,” Perera said. He said that former Minister Wimal Weera