The Sinhala Buddhist organisation, Bodu Bala Sena said it will meet elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya to speak about forming a new political party, the Daily Mirror reported.
Chief Executive Office Dilantha Vithanage said the BBS will remain “apolitical” while backing the new party, which will be guided by Buddhist monks.
“BBS will back the new political party, but will continue to remain as an apolitical organisation. Buddhist monks will guide and provide instructions to the political party. However, the candidates will be laymen,” Mr Vithanage said, adding they had yet to decide on a name and a symbol for the party.
In January the BBS said it would launch a party to protect "Buddhist values" from a "minority threat".
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