Gnanasara Thero to enter Parliament

Gnanasara Thero to enter Parliament

The General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena, the Venerable Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero, is to enter Parliament through the National List.

The Executive Committee of Our Power of People Party (OPPP)  has decided to nominate Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnansara Thero to the parliament from their party.

Gnanasara was nominated to contest in the Kurunegala District but his papers were rejected by officials on technical grounds.

The Our Power of People Party (OPPO) was not able to secure a seat at the General Election 2020 but obtained 67,758 votes at the 2020 Parliamentary Election

and has been allocated one National List seat in Parliament.

According to party chairman Saman Perera, it has been decided that Gnanasara Thero would represent the party at the parliament.

The other major political Monk in the OPPP, Atureliye Ratana, contested from the Gampaha district but was rejected by voters.