Make Deputy Minister Mervin a Minister, prelate tells President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, during his visit to Anuradhapura yesterday to pay homage to the Sri Maha Bodhi and Atamasthana following his swearing-in for the second term, also visited a number of Buddhist temples in the area, where he received the blessings of the chief prelates and other members of the Maha Sangha.

During a discussion the President had with the Chief Incumbent of the Lankarama Viharaya in Anuradhapura, Ven. Relapanawe Dhammajothi Thera, the Ven. Thera requested the President to grant a ministerial portfolio to Highways Deputy Minister Dr. Mervin Silva in the forthcoming Cabinet reshuffle, citing the Deputy Minister’s services for the uplift of Buddha Sasana in the country.