The main opposition UNP charged yesterday the Elections Chief and the Police Chief had not even acknowledged the more than 100 written complaints of violence and misuse of state property at the election campaign in the Central and Wayamba provinces.

Post Master General (PMG) M. K. B. Dissanayake said yesterday that there will be a special delivery of polling cards today for the forthcoming polls to Central and North Western Provinces.

The provincial council elections campaign of the Central and North Western provinces is entering its final phase with two weeks still remaining but the major opposition party the UNP is expected to enter the fray only tomorrow.

Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) formed an alliance with the ruling UPFA and agreed to contest the upcoming PC polls under its `betel leaf’ symbol primarily because of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s genuine concern and commitment towards the welfare of the plantation community, said Arumugan Thondaman, party leader and Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development. History bears witness to the fact that in post independent Sri Lanka, it was the SLFP-led governments that gave due recognition to the elected representatives of the community and extended maximum services for their social and economic welfare, he told the Sunday Observer.

Controversial former Sri Lanka Cricket President and leading businessman Thilanga Sumathipala will enter politics today by mounting the UPFA election stage with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a massive meeting at Hanguranketha, the home town of UNP Chief Ministerial candidate S.B. Dissanayaka.

Complaints on the misuse of public property by members of the governing party in the North Western and Central Provincial Council election campaigns have been made to the Elections Commissioner.

CaFFE is scheduled to hold its second rally of the ‘Say no to election violence’ series, tomorrow from 1pm onwards at the cultural centre near the Ambagahamula Bus-stop in Matale.

Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) is reported to have destroyed the stage and the property at a meeting organized by the Democratic People’s Front (WPF) at D-Estate in Maskeliya, today afternoon.

UNP yesterday charged that new presidential offices have been opened in Central and North Western Provinces after the provincial council election was declared.

UNP yesterday charged that all school principals in the Kurunegala District were used for canvassing for the UPFA candidates contesting the forthcoming elections of the Wayamaba Province.