Colombo, July 6 -- "It's only then that a new generation of Ponnambalams, Duriappahs, Hameeds and Moulanas will emerge from among the younger generation."

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that he Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has become a cat's paw of communal political parties.

Quoting the manifesto that Sajith Premadasa issued for the presidential election titled in Sinhala 'Sri Lankawe idirigamanata seemawak netha, ekwa gamana yamu' had a chapter titled 'Janathawage Vyawasthawa,' Rajapaksa said that the constitutional proposals in Sajith Premadasa's manifesto are identical to the proposals in the draft constitution tabled in Parliament by UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe in early 2019.

Issuing a statement, Prime Minister Mahi...