6 UNP backbenchers to be sworn in as Dy. Ministers

Six United National Party (UNP) backbench parliamentarians are to be sworn in as deputy ministers today, party sources said

They said the backbench parliamentarians are to be sworn at the Presidential Secretariat at 9.00a.m.

Accordingly, UNP MPs Buddhika Pathirana, Edward Gunasekara, Lucky Jayawardena, Ranjith Aluwihare, Nalin Bandara and Ajith Mannapperuma would be sworn in as new Deputy Ministers, they said.