NPP launches protest march

COLOMBO (News 1st): The National People's Power (NPP) has initiated a protest march under the theme 'Dissolve the Parliament and to Allow for the People's Mandate'.

The protest march began from the Wijerama junction in Nugegoda.

The National People's Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and a group of political representatives and members of the party are participating in the protest march.

The protest walk will head from Wijerama Junction to Nugegoda via High Level Road and proceed to Ananda Samarakoon Open Air Theatre.

According to our correspondent heavy traffic congestion in the area around the Wijerama junction on the High Level road can be expected due to the protest.