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Astrologer will set northern polls date: President
View(s):President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that elections to the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) would be held in September this year but the date of the poll would be decided based on the advice of his astrologer.
“My astrologer gives me a winning time and I will decide on the basis on what he says,” the President said at a ceremony yesterday in Welioya to hand over deeds of Mahaweli lands to people in the area.
President Rajapaksa also said that not many people complained when prices of cigarettes and alcohol went up but they complained when electricity prices were raised.
“There is much whining when electricity rates are increased but when cigarette and alcohol prices go up, no one complains. In fact the use of alcohol and cigarettes is on the rise despite the price hike,” he said.
The President said the people should not indulge in drinking or smoking but even if he advised them not to, his words would be ignored.
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