The JVP yesterday staged a protest opposite the Battaramulla Provincial Council Auditorium against the increase in revenue licence fees on motor vehicles imposed by the Western Provincial Council. WPC UNP members condemned this action shouting slogans against the JVP at the main entrance to the WPC office. The UNP shouted slogans condemning the JVP for being in the Government and at the same time siding with the poor against the Government which was heaping burdens on the poor. On the right is the JVP protest and on the left Sagara Senaratne, the UNP Councillors atop the main gate carries a banner against the JVP while other UNP Councillors stand below him.
(Photo-Siripala Halwaela)

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