19 July 2023 09:34 am Views - 135
By Yohan Perera
Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara who were members of Samagi Jana Balawegaya have been expelled from the party, an SJB senior said yesterday.
SJB senior members who did not wish to be named told Daily Mirror that both were expelled following a decision taken by the party’s working committee which met last evening.
Both crossed over to the government and accepted ministerial portfolios after incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister prior to his election as the President last year.
The expulsion comes just weeks after former MP Hirunika Premachandra publicly criticised SJB leadership for not taking action against the two ministers and to stop more crossovers.
Efforts made by Daily Mirror to contact the two ministers failed as they were busy at a meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe.