Former Kalutara district MP and Minister Kumara Welgama passed away at the age of 74.
He passed away while receiving treatment in a private hospital in Colombo.
Since 2020, he has been the leader of the New Lanka Freedom Party and contested elections with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
Welgama was the chief organiser for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Agalawatte electorate between 1984 and 2000.
Welgama was the Minister of Industrial Development from 2007 to 2010 and the Minister of Transport from 2010 to early 2015 in governments led by the SLFP.
