BBS invites Gotobaya Rajapaksa to join party

The Bodu Bala Sena invited Sri Lanka’s former Defence Secretary Gotobaya Rajapaksa to join its new political party on Friday.

The group’s national organiser, Witharandeniye Nanda Thera, said that Mr Rajapaksa had expressed his desire to enter politics and was yet to make a final decision.

The party would be fielding candidates in the upcoming general elections he added.

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