Nuwaraeliya District UPFA MP and Minister Navin Dissanayake will announce his decision to extend his support to the common opposition on Monday, December 01.

Dissanayake is expected to hold a special press conference in this regard. The press conference will be attended by several stalwarts of the common opposition. 

He will support common candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the forthcoming presdiential election

Son of the late Gamini Dissanayake, Navin Dissanayake is married to UNP Leadership Council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya’s daughter. 

When contacted by us, Minister Dissanayake said he was in Nuwaraeliya and has not yet joined the United National Party. 

However, multiple sources from the opposition confirmed that Dissanayake's crossover was certain and he would extend his support to the common opposition.

This development came just a day after Asian Mirror reported that a cabinet minister representing the hill country has joined 'crossover queue' secretly.