Election Commission recognises three new political parties 

By Ranil Dharmasena

The National Elections Commission yesterday recognised three new political parties for registration.

They are Nawalanka Nidhahas Party by former Minister and MP Kumara Welgama, Tamil Progressive Alliance of MP Mano Ganesan and Tamil Makkal Kuttani Party of MP C.V. Wigneswaran.

The NEC sources said that 40 political organisations had applied for registration as new parties in 2021 but only the aforementioned three had been recognised by the Commission.

With the new three parties the number of registered political parties in the country has increased to 79.