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Former SLPP Colombo Municipal Councillor Mahinda Kahadagamage has joined the UNP and pledged his support to incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Mahinda was appointed as a zonal organizer in the Colombo Central electorate. He hit the news after he was attacked during the violence on May 9, 2022.