Lunch instead of traditional Budget tea party

13 November 2023 04:43 pm Views - 1387

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) - The usual tea party which is held for MPs and other invitees after the second reading of the budget was not held this year. Instead, a late lunch was hosted for them because the presentation of the budget began at 12 noon.

MP Dr. Harsha de Silva told the Daily Mirror that almost all MPs participated at the lunch at the member’s canteen.  

“It was only lunch and there was no party,” he said.

Most of the MPs had a late lunch following the budget presentation.