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Govt. spent only Rs. 900,000 on ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ launch, says Health Minister Jayatissa
By Saman Indrajith
The government had spent only Rs 900,000 for the inauguration ceremony of ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative, Chief Government Whip and Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said in Parliament yesterday (10).
Jayatissa said so issuing a clarification on New Democratic Front (NDF) MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake’s allegation on Thursday that the government has spent over seven million rupees on the event.
“We have not even paid the 900,000 rupees to various service providers,” the Minister said.
Jayatissa said the government had called for quotations to manage the event and Dassanayake was quoting one of the quotations sent by an organization.
“Of course, companies will send quotations citing various numbers. The MP proposed that he will resign if his statement on Thursday is proven wrong. I don’t think he should take such drastic measures, but his statement is false,” he said.