Parliament suspended for few minutes

20 June 2017 02:09 pm Views - 6532

Parliament sessions were suspended for a brief period due to a tense situation which arose when parliamentarian Dinesh Gunawardane raised a question on the dengue menace.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said a meeting with party leaders will be convened to discuss the matter while JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the health minister should make a statement in parliament regarding the epidemic.