23rd hour turn of events at the Eastern Provincial Council election of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's major Muslim Party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has decided to contest the Eastern Provincial Council election alone under the symbol tree.

The reasons for the sudden change of SLMC stance is yet to reveal.

SLMC held discussions with all major political parties and by yesterday it was in a decision to contest under government coalition United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).

However, the SLMC has come to the decision to contest alone at the party Supreme Council meeting held this morning.

A party spokesman said that the decision was to allow more candidates of the party to contest the election.

In another turn of events, government coalition Colombo Municipal Council opposition member Asath Sally who resigned from the seat yesterday to contest the Eastern Provincial Council as an independent candidate has also decided to climb the 'tree'.

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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress to leave the government?

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) secretary Hasan Ali says that the party supreme council will meet on April 28 to discuss the issue pertaining to a mosque in Dambulla town in the Central Province.

The party officials says that the SLMC is on a firm stand that the mosque needed to remain as it is and it is not contented about the government stand on the issue.

SLMC is to discuss the issue on Saturday and the party will decide if it will stay in the government coalition, sources say.

However, the party has still not come to a decision regarding the breaking away from the government coalition, the SLMC secretary says.

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka D.M> Jayarathna said last week that the mosque would be removed and reinstalled away from the town where an ancient Buddhist temple is situated.

An extremist mob led by a leading Buddhist monk last week occupied this mosque demanding its removal.

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