Voting for the United National Party, is like depositing money with Danduwam Mudalali and Sakvithi Ranasinghe. It is not fruitful Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition said at a meeting in Badulla, on Sunday morning.

"Some UNP candidates were distributing bags of foods house to house. But the govt need not do that. During the last three years, our government had spent at least Rs. 10,000 million to develop Uva Wellassa under the Pubudamu Wellassa development programme. As a result of my request, World Health Organisation has funded several health projects in the Province," he said.