Sri Lanka, March 28 -- Colombo, March 28 () - Following the exclusive revelation by the on Tuesday that the presidential election will be conducted in the first week of October, MPs from across the divide - except those from the National People's Power (NPP) - have ramped up efforts to prevail upon President Ranil Wickremesinghe to declare a snap general election as early as possible.

Earlier, Basil Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), requested the President in his one on one meeting that the parliamentary election should precede the presidential election. In his calculation, a parliamentary election at this juncture is more advantageous to his party than a presidential election which is slated to be conducted before Oct...