Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Thero Ousted Form JHU Leadership

Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Thera has been removed from the leadership of the JHU. A special convention to remove Ven. Medhananda Thero from the leadership. Ven. Omalpe Sobhithe Thero has been appointed as the new leader of the JHU. Minister Champika Ranawaka has been appointed the general secretary and Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero as the President of the party.

Meanwhile, Ven. Medhananda Thero says he was unaware of the decision to oust him as the leader of the JHU and had never asked the party to relieve him from the leadership. Ven. Medhananda Thero was at Mullaithivu on an archaeological study when the JHU held the special convention to oust him.