CBK, Ranil scale down campaign
By Ranjith Ananda Jayasinghe
President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have scaled down their election campaign for security reasons based on intelligence reports, party sources said.

Accordingly, President Kumaratunga will not attend public meetings and UPFA national organiser Mahinda Rajapakse is to lead the campaign.

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has cancelled plans to address meetings in Batticaloa in the aftermath of the split in the LTTE. Party sources said he would be addressing other meetings in Ampara and Kantalai, but with additional security.

The sources said the political leaders have been advised to limit the number of meetings they address, restrict their movements by road and take additional security measures.

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