Sajith Premadasa

Sajith Premadasa

Sri Lanka Sri LankapoliticianMaleb. 19676.6Global Dominance: 0.00%

Sajith Premadasa is a prominent Sri Lankan politician, currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition. He is known for his advocacy on social issues and economic development, and he has been vocal about government policies impacting the welfare of the public. Recently, he raised concerns regarding the government's approval of controversial imports, questioning the accountability and safety of goods entering the country, which he argues could pose significant risks to consumers.

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Sajith Premadasa stated that the government has announced that if one does not attend the festival at Araliyagaha Mandiraya, they will not receive the benefits.

උත්සවේට ආවේ නැත්නම් මහපොළ නෑ කියලා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-27
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Sajith Premadasa stated that it is essential for the government to enter into a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund in March.

බිමල්ගේ අයිඑම්එෆ් කතාවට සජිත්ගෙන් පිළිතුරක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-26
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Bimal Ratnayake
Bimal Ratnayake

Sajith Premadasa stated that the government has deprived 220,000 people of their democratic rights with the 22nd amendment.

පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඔළු ගෙඩි වලින් 22 දිනුවා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-26
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Sajith Premadasa stated that the amendment has deprived 220,000 people's democratic rights.

පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඔළු ගෙඩි වලින් 22 දිනුවා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-26
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Sajith Premadasa is leading the opposition against the proposed constitutional amendments.

සජබ මන්ත්‍රීලා කළු ඇඳුමෙන් මැතිසබයට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-25
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Sajith Premadasa is leading a protest against the 22nd constitutional amendment in Colombo.

22 එරෙහිව සජබ අද කොළඹට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-24
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Sajith Premadasa stated in Parliament that the 22nd constitutional amendment is a political conspiracy against democracy.

22 දේශපාලන අළුගෝසු සංශෝධනයක් - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-22
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Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader and leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, was present at the event.

එජාප -සජබ නායකයෝ එක වහලක් යට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-17
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Sajith Premadasa stated that the 22nd constitutional amendment is a more severe disaster than the previous one.

22ක දිට්වාවට වඩා දරුණුයි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-17
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Sajith Premadasa emphasized the need for everyone to unite to face the challenges posed by the El Niño phenomenon.

ස්වභාවික කාලගුණික වෙනසට මුහුණ දෙන්න හැමෝම එකතු වෙමු
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-14
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L M Abeywickrama
L M Abeywickrama

Sajith Premadasa raised a question to which Anil Jayathilake responded in Parliament.

“සෙස්” “පැල්” බදු අයින් කරයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-12
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Anil Jayathilake
Anil Jayathilake

Archunan Ramnathan stated he would also attend if Sajith Premadasa invited him.

පොහොට්ටුවේ අනුරාධපුර රැලියට අර්චුනාත් එයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-11
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Sajith Premadasa raised a question regarding the El Niño and La Niña phenomena.

බිමල්ගෙන් සජිත්ට ලොකු සහතිකයක් - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-10
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Sajith Premadasa met with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka and India.

ඉන්දිය ආරක්ෂක ඇමැති සහ විපක්ෂ නායක හමුවක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-09-10
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Rajnath Singh
Rajnath Singh

Sajith Premadasa stated that the government is attempting to establish a dictatorial single-party rule by neglecting the people's issues.

‘‘මාලිමාව ජනතා ප්‍රශ්න අමතක කරලා‘‘
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-12
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Sajith Premadasa stated in Parliament that the recent prison riots pose a serious threat to national security.

බන්ධනාගාර ගැටුම් ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට බරපතළ තර්ජනයක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-07
7.0

The United National Party's executive committee has expressed praise for opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

එජාප කෘත්‍යාධිකාරී මණ්ඩලය සජිත්ට ප්‍රශංසාව පළ කරයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-06
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Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sajith Premadasa met with Shri Vikram Misri during the latter's official visit to Colombo.

ඉන්දීය විදේශ ලේකම් විපක්ෂ නායක හමුවේ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-06
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Shri Vikram Misri
Shri Vikram Misri

Sajith Premadasa called for the establishment of a correct pricing formula for rice in Parliament.

වී මිලට සූත්‍රයක් හදන්න - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-05
7.0

Sajith Premadasa is leading a proposal to expedite court cases in Sri Lanka's judicial system.

ගොඩගැසුණු නඩු කඩිනම් කරන්නැයි සජබ ඉල්ලයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-04
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Sajith Premadasa stated that the Malima government is destroying democracy and the judiciary.

‘‘මාලිමා රජය අධිකරණයත් විනාශ කරනවා‘‘
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-01
7.0

Sajith Premadasa is expected to make a special statement regarding the government's decision on the retirement age of judges.

විනිසුරු විශ්‍රාම වයස අර්බුදය උඩු දුවයි: නීතිඥ සංගම් මතය ජනපතිට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-31
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Sajith Premadasa mentioned that the current president is working to establish a one-party rule in the country.

’’අධිකරණයට අත තියන්න මාලිමාවට ජනවරමක් ලැබුණේ නෑ’’
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-30
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Sajith Premadasa stated that the government is currently undermining the democratic system.

‘‘රජය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය විනාශ කරනවා‘‘ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-28
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Malima Rajapaksa
Malima Rajapaksa

Sajith Premadasa is the opposition leader who signed the no-confidence motion against Harshana Nanayakkara.

හර්ෂණට එරෙහි විශ්වාස භංගය පරාදයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-25
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Sajith Premadasa stated in Parliament that the current Minister of Justice has no moral right to hold the position.

“අධිකරණ ඇමතිට තනතුරේ ඉන්න සදාචාරාත්මක අයිතියක් නෑ“
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-24
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Sajith Premadasa is the opposition leader who signed the no-confidence motion against Harshana Nanayakkara.

හර්ෂණට එරෙහි විශ්වාස භංගය පරාදයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-24
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