Central Provincial Council Member of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Uwais Hajjiyar announced yesterday that he will support President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the upcoming presidential election.

He criticized the party leadership for being ungrateful towards the president after obtaining all perks of power but defecting to the opposition in the end.

Addressing a media briefing in Kandy he has said that Muslims are a people who do not forget the good deeds of the past and he took this decision because of that.

He is the only SLMC member in the council.

Meanwhile, Nuwara Eliya Pradeshiya Sabha member Abdul Aziz and Pujapitiya Pradeshiya Sabha member Uvais Razan also joined the Mahinda Rajapaksa camp.