Srilanka, April 28 -- Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has lodged a written complaint with Election Commissioner General R.M.A.L. Ratnayake, alleging that her name and photograph are being used for election campaigning without her consent.

In her letter, Kumaratunga states that candidates of the United Front, contesting under the chair symbol in the Attanagalla Pradeshiya Sabha constituency, have been distributing handbills featuring her photograph alongside images of Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Sarana Gunawardena. She emphasizes that she has not granted permission for her name or image to be used.

Kumaratunga also informed the Election Commissioner that she had explicitly instructed all candidates contesting under the...