Wimal Weerawansa’s National Freedom Front has lost another principal member to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Accordingly, Mahawa Pradeshiya Sabha Member Mahinda Bakmeewewa defected from the NFF with some of his followers and joined the SLFP.

The group had met Minister of Art and Culture T.B. Ekanayake and obtained SLFP membership.

Bakmeewewa has said that he joined the sLFP since he wanted to serve his followers better.

NFF, which itself was formed after breaking away from the JVP, has seen a number of defections in the recent months, mainly to the SLFP. Ironically, both SLFP and NFF are constituent parties in the governing UPFA.