Former Sri Lanka Muslim Congress MP and Deputy Leader of the party H.M.M. Harees has been suspended from the party over allegation of breach of party discipline during the presidential election campaign 2024.
The letter of suspension says the speeches he made on 16 October 2024 in Kalmunai significantly damaged the party’s campaign in Digamadulla district and across the country at the general election as they were widely circulated on social media.
Harees was refused nominations to contest the parliamentary election on the SLMC ticket.
SLMC was badly defeated by the NPP in the Kalmunai, the birthplace of SLMC. It was the worst ever embarrassing defeat suffered by the party. SLMC polled only 9,650 votes, while NPP garnered 18,165 votes and another Muslim, party, ACMC, secured only 7,352 votes.