Sri Lanka, April 11 -- Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said the Opposition similar to the strategy they followed in 2015 to defeat then President Mahinda Rajapaksa now attempts to spread falsehoods and misconceptions to tarnish the image of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. At present, they have launched a disinformation campaign to mislead the people that an environmental destruction is taking place in the country. The Minister in an interview with the Sunday Observer said the Opposition deliberately makes these attempts to upset the mindset of youths by targeting their votes at the next election.

He said the people are well aware of who set up jogging tracks in and around Colombo including those at Independence Square, Viharamahadevi P...