Sri Lanka's Muslim party, SLMC, which is currently part of the ruling UPFA coalition, announced on Tuesday that it is to contest the North Provincial Council election on its own.
The leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Rauff Hakeem, is Sri Lanka's minister of justice.
SLMC national organiser Shafik Rajabdeen told reporters,
"We will contest the northern election under our own party symbol of 'tree'"
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