Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has hit back at criticism from a parliamentarian, calling it an attempt to “erode the Sinhala Buddhist vote base of the United National Party (UNP)”.
Sri Lankan MP Atshu Marasinghe labelled Mr Rajapakshe a “NGO write-off” and spoke out at his meeting with “men in robes”.
Mr Rajapakshe responded by calling the comments disrespectful and an attempt to dig away at the UNP’s Sinhala Buddhist vote base.
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