After a month long study tour in the US, National Leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe returned to the country early this morning, UNP sources said. 

The National Leader, party sources said, will spearhead the election campaign for the Uva Provincial Council election. The UNP has already lunched a house to house campaign in Uva under the title 'Uva dinana satana' which will also be the theme for the party's election campaign in the province. 

In Wickremesinghe's absence, the UNP held a successful May Day rally in Ampara, under its Leadership Council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya's watch. 

While in the US, Wickremesinghe was constantly in touch with the members of the Leadership Council and its Chairman Karu Jayasuriya.