Former Sri Lankan minister and legendary cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga has resigned from the Opposition United National Party, citing dissatisfaction with the outfit’s workings.
In a letter to UNP chief and former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday, Ranatunga stated the UNP has not managed to revive and rebrand itself after the current electoral losses, which led him to resign.
The UNP shaped in 1946, suffered its worst electoral defeat within the final parliamentary election held in August 2020, the place it didn’t win a single seat.
Ranatunga, 57, held a ministerial place within the earlier authorities led by the UNP between 2015 and 2019.
Ranatunga joined the UNP towards household custom. His father Reggie Ranatunga was a minister within the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
After retirement from cricket in 2000, Ranatunga entered politics in 2001 as a member of the SLFP.
His youthful brother Prasanna is the present Minister of Tourism within the authorities of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Ranatunga has switched between political events and administrative roles in Sri Lankan Cricket typically since 2001.