Senior UNP ministers are planning to meet with President Maithripala Sirisena over comments made by Highways State Minister Dilan Perera's recent comments, comparing Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to a "Maradana rowdy". Maradana is a suburb of Colombo.
The ministers will ask the president to take appropriate action against Mr Perera, who is from Mr Sirisena's SLFP, the Daily Mirror reported.
Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena, who will be one of the ministers meeting with Mr Sirisena said UNP ministers had never criticised the president.