The Bodu Bala Sena has threatened to contest the presidential elections to be held next year, if none of the other candidates do not give sufficient prominence to Buddhism, reported the Daily Mirror.
According to BBS leader Gnanasara, the BBS will make a decision based on the other candidates’ election manifestos.
“We have four options: to support the present government, to support the opposition, to remain neutral, to contest in the forthcoming Presidential Election,” Gnanasara said.
“We are ready to go even for the last option, after carefully monitoring the election manifestoes of various parties. We will decide depending on how the political parties give prominence to Buddhism.”
The monk was confident that their candidate would receive more than 100,000 votes.
“We would obtain at least 100,000 votes and through that we can a make a change,” he said.
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