Former Minister of State Shantha Bandara representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in Parliament from the Kurunegala District was sworn in as the state minister of State regulation promotion and supply of organic fertilizers and promoted paddy and grain, organic food, vegetables, fruits, chillies, onions and potatoes, seed products and high technology, agriculture.
Reliable sources say that he has joined the government, breaking the agreements of the 11 SLFP MPs, in favor of the ministerial post he will be given.
According to reliable sources, Shantha Bandara sworn in yeterday (12th) as the first announced result of the program launched by the President and the Prime Minister to reshuffle the parliament to his advantage despite the protests of the people.
When contacted, a senior opposition political leader told Lankasara that the government’s plan was to bring back as many of those who had split from the government as independents with privileges and privileges, to maintain the government in the face of a no-confidence motion and to suppress popular protests when necessary.
Meanwhile, the President has rejected the resignation letter of Piyankara Jayaratne, Minister of State for Foreign Employment Promotion and Market Diversification.
