President Mahinda Rajapaksa made these comments at a meeting with the SLFP members from the Beliatta electorate.

Powerful nations in the world are still continuing their fight against terrorism. At times new born babies have various abnormalities due to the nature of weapons they fight with. But we never had to face this situation. We conducted this humanitarian operation while protecting our civilians. Yet, we are faced with many accusations from some foreign countries, the President further stated.

We continued the development projects in this country while we were engaged with the humanitarian operations. We took decisions on the country's development without thinking of votes. As we took genuine decisions, people joined hands with us, he said.

The President emphasized that this development will benefit the future generations. "We need to open doors to the world for our youth", he stated.

At the meeting, the President pledged his commitment to develop the village and called on the public to join hands with the political leadership who cares for their villages.

The President also stressed that he will carry forward the country towards development with a strong team after setting up a strong parliament.