Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said his side has a major plan in place to regain power, declaring that a significant political change would “definitely” take place.

Speaking to the media, Rajapaksa said his camp had already prepared a broad programme for its future political activities.

“We have a big plan to take power. There will definitely be a big change,” he said.

Commenting on this year’s May Day, Rajapaksa said his group would not be holding celebrations.

“We will not celebrate May Day this time. We will be observing sil on that day,” he added, indicating that they would instead engage in religious observances rather than participate in May Day rallies this year.