he thereafter joined the sihala urumaya a sinhala nationalist party. in 1998 he took part in forming the national movement against terrorism (nmat). sihala urumaya evolved into the jathika hela urumaya (jhu) fielding buddhist priests for the 2004 parliamentary elections and supporting mahinda rajapaksa in the 2005 presidential poll. in the 2015 presidential poll he supported maithripala sirisena and later join the united national party led alliance.