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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday celebrated the 40th year of his election to parliament and entry into mainstream politics. To mark the event, lunch was given at Temple Trees yesterday to mostly elderly party supporters who helped him win the Biyagama seat at the 1977 general elections.

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