Sri Lanka opposition chief Sajith Premadasa withdraws from race for president – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka opposition chief Sajith Premadasa withdrew on Tuesday from the race to grow to be president of the island nation, with a purpose to assist a rival candidate.
“For the larger good of my nation that I like and the folks I cherish, I hereby withdraw my candidacy for the place of president,” Premadasa stated on Twitter.
His get together and “our alliance and our opposition companions will work exhausting in the direction of making” Dullas Alahapperuma the winner, he added.