Marapana resigned under directions of Premier

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary and MP Udaya Gammanpila today claimed that Law and Order Minister Thilak Marapana had to resign from his portfolio under the directions of Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe because he disclosed the truth in Parliament last week, when he said that the Police raided Avant Garde ship in January to “score points”. He said that former minister Marapana was pressurized from several parties to resign after he made the controversial statement regarding the Avant Garde issue.