President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is set to lead a series of public rallies of the National People’s Power (NPP) covering all districts from 5 September, Minister Dr Nalinda Jayatissa said.

Speaking to the media in the Kalutara area, Jayatissa said the rallies would be accompanied by a programme to reorganise electoral committees at the Grama Niladhari Division level.

He also challenged opposition groups to take to the streets and hold public meetings to demonstrate their support, instead of engaging in what he described as nightly conspiracies at the residence of former Minister G L Peiris.

“There is no point in saying that you have something more than Gotabaya Rajapaksa or Ranil Wickremesinghe, or that you have something more than this side or that side. Words are of no use,” he said.

Jayatissa said the NPP was reorganising its electoral committees from the village and Grama Niladhari Division levels.

“From September 5, large-scale public rallies will be held in districts under the leadership of the President. We say that if there is public opinion against the Government, prove it. That is all that needs to be done. They should at least look at the programme we carried out when we were in the Opposition,” he said.