Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Hirunika Premachandra yesterday rejected media reports that she was sidelined by Janani Premadasa, the wife of the SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa at an event in Colombo.

“I was never chased by her, she (Mrs. Premadasa) only informed that a special seat was allocated for me at the SJB women’s wing launch,” she said adding that “It was Ms. Premadasa who proposed that I should lead the Colombo branch SJB women’s wing.”