A new Deputy Minister for Hindu Affairs?

14 June 2018 03:52 am

President’s Secretary Austin Fernando had informed Minister of Resettlement Rehabilitation and Hindu Affairs D. M. Swaminathan that President Maithripala Sirisena will be come up with a favourable solution to the grievances expressed by some Tamil politicians in the government and the opposition on the appointment of a Muslim MP as a Deputy Minister in charge of Hindu Affairs.

Minister Swaminathan in a statement yesterday said he had made president aware on the many statements expressed in media over the appointment of MP Kadar Mastan as the Deputy Minister in Charge of Hindu Religious Affairs. (Yohan Perera)