Sacked Sri Lankan deputy minister says not worried about portfolios, would continue to serve the people

Sri Lanka's former Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva says that he was not worried about ministerial portfolios that as he was still an organizer and a member of parliament, and would continue to serve the people in the Gampaha District.

Silva has told the Kelaniya Balamandalaya and Gampaha District Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) organizers at the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha office that no one can destroy his Sinhala Buddhist principles.
The local media has reported that opposition UNP Mayor of the Peliyagoda Municipal Council Ananda Munasinghe had obtained his SLFP membership from Silva during the meeting this morning.
Responding to a question posed by the local media at the event about the incident where he had allegedly tied a Samurdhi official to a tree, Silva had said he did not tie anyone to a tree.
Silva had said the Samurdhi official had volunteered to be tied as an example to truant officials and that Councilor Dias had carried out his wishes.
"I ordered him to be untied and took the rope. That is what happened," Silva had reportedly said.
Responding to another question, Silva had said he was still the SLFP organizer for the area and if not, General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena would not have permitted him to convene a party meeting like the one he attended at the time.