Dudley Sirisena, the tycoon mill owner who is a brother of former President Maithripala Sirisena, is preparing to contest the next Presidential Election, sources disclosed.

Sirisena is reportedly preparing to contest the Presidential Polls as a common candidate and a meeting was held in this regard with a group of Buddhist monks at the Jaic Hilton Hotel, Colombo yesterday (25).

The business mogul recently pulled a stunt in front of the media calling in large-scale rice mill owners ‘mafia men,’ reportedly as part of his preparations to the Election.