Keheliya insists no move to join hands with a fox

24 Dec, 2017

Former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella insisted he has no intention of working with a fox and will only work with a lion.

The former Minister was responding to reports he will join the United National Party in January.

Rambukwella is a member of the joint opposition and supports former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

He was a Minister in Rajapaksa’s Government and prior to that he was a?United National Party member.

United National Party leader and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been branded as a sly fox in the past. (Colombo Gazette)

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