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I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON PENSION, BUT THE PEOPLE DOES NOT ALLOW ME – MAHINDA
Addressing a meeting in Piliyandala area, the former president
Mahinda Rajapaksa has stated that he is contesting for the election with the request of the people.
He has stated that though he was supposed to be on pension, but was forced me to come back and hence he had taken this decision as the people does not allow him to be on pension.