The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) main constituent of Sri Lanka's ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) will celebrate its 60th anniversary on a grand scale under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today from 4.00pm onwards.
General Secretary Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Party Treasurer Minister Dallas Alahapperuma and all senior members too will participate.
An anniversary week has been declared to celebrate SLFP's 60th Anniversary from August 30 to September 05. A number of activities including a membership drive has been organized to mark the anniversary. According to SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena, religious observances, seminars and workshops on the party's future and present vision will be held during the week. Several development programmes also will be declared open.
Senior Vice President of the SLFP Governor Alavi Moulana said that all the constituent party leaders in the UPFA government and their representatives had been invited to be present by UPFA General Secretary Minister Susil Premajayatha.
SLFP was founded by the 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka late S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, it has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena.
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