Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has submitted a written complaint to the Chairman of the Election Commission – R.M.A.L. Rathnayake, alleging the unauthorized use of her name and photograph in election campaigning.

In her letter, she claims that UPFA candidates in the Attanagalla electorate are distributing handouts with her photograph without her consent, alongside those of Lasantha Alagiwanna and Sarana Gunawardena,

She also mentioned that she had previously instructed all candidates not to use her name or photograph in any form.

As this constitutes a violation of election laws, she has requested to immediately halt these activities.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has stated that legal action will soon be taken against 03 former ministers accused of using vehicles without proper registration.

He made this statement while addressing a public meeting held in Beruwala.

“No village would even drive a motorbike on the roads without registering it. But there was a time when ministers of this country had imported vehicles even when it was forbidden to do so. They use those vehicles without licenses and with fake number plates. They think that the law does not apply to them,” he said.

A total of 30 candidates have been arrested so far for violating election laws in connection with the 2025 Local Government (LG) election.

According to the police, these arrests were made from March 03 and 6.00 a.m. today (April 28).

During this period, a total of 30 candidates and 131 supporters were arrested and 31 vehicles were taken into Police custody during this period.

Police received 313 complaints related to election law violations and 85 complaints regarding criminal acts during this period.