Two Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) members joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).
SLPP Ampara District MP Dr. Thilak Rajapakshe and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) member and former Minister Tissa Karalliyadde joined the SJB.
Dr. Thilak Rajapakshe was a member of Viyathmaga while Karalliyadde was a former Minister of Child Development and Women’s Affairs.