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'Don't wake the lion' threatens Minister to India

Sri Lankan government Minister Mervyn Silva has warned India not to "wake the lion" in an interview given to the Daily Mirror.

in a video posted on the Daily Mirror, the Minister is seen receiving blessing from a Buddhist monk before speaking. He went on to say,

“We have a good relationship with Tamil Nadu and our president in all his wisdom will solve this issue. But I’m telling South India that it should not awaken the sleeping lion and injure itself”.

He then went on to label those on hunger strike in Tamil nadu as "slimy", stating,

“Heroes would fast unto death, not give up midway through the fast. If they fast halfway then, of course, they are slimy people”.

See the video in Sinhala here.

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