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683:"SLPP Chairman G. L. Peiris & several SLPP MPs become independent"
650:"Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa loses parliamentary majority"
599:"Sri Lanka ruling alliance loses majority ahead of parliament meet"
398:"'Supreme Lanka Coalition': Independent parties form new alliance"
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422:"SLPP is NOT welcome to Supreme Sri Lanka Coalition - Wimal"
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