SLPP candidates file case against rejection of nominations

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidates have filed petitions in the Court of Appeal against their nominations for the Local Government (LG) elections being rejected.

Five candidates who had submitted nominations for the LG elections in the Maharagama Urban Council filed the case.

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