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SLFP caders were always with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He covered his lack of substance by his public relations.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe serving food to Buddhist priests recently. But former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is still the pre-eminent Sinhala Buddhist leader.
A rare photograph taken in 2004 of Chandrika Bandaranaike and Mahinda Rajapaksa together. They have been sworn political enemies for decades. But Mahinda out maneuvered Chandrika to first become Leader of the Opposition, then Prime Minister and finally the President. Along the way he also took over the leadership of Bandaranaike’s SLFP.

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