The inaugural public rally by the New Alliance at Ambalantota town yesterday (09) drew 19 MPs and a crowd of more than 9,000.
Minister Mahinda Amaraweera organized the event.
The invitees present included Nimal Siripala de Silva, Susil Premajayantha, Anura Yapa, Duminda Dissanayake, Nimal Lanza, Nalin Fernando, Suren Raghavan, John Seneviratne, Chamara Sampath Dassanayake, Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Udayakantha Gunatilake, Priyankara Jayaratne, Jagath Priyankara, Ali Sabri Rahim, Premnath C. Dolawatte, Jagath Pushpakumara, Sudath Manjula and S.M.M. Musharraf.
Also present were ex-MPs Weerakumara Dissanayake and Tharanath Basnayake, former provincial chief minister Isuru Deshapriya and former provincial councillors Pasanda Yapa Abeywardena, Gunasiri Jayanath and Ananda Sarath.
Leaders of the alliance pledged on the occasion to make themselves stronger and to form an alliance consisting of a majority of MPs.
