State Minister Roshan Ranasinghe resigns

COLOMBO (News 1st); SLPP MP and State Minister Roshan Ranasinghe states that he will resign from his positions of State Minister and SLPP District Organizer effective May 1st.

In a letter to the President, he has resigned from his post urging the Government to grant farmers the deserved compensation for losses incurred due to the use of organic fertilizer in the past Maha season.

He has called for several other steps, such as educating State officials with regard to organic fertilizer, regulation of the quality of organic fertilizer and regulation of the price of fertilizer.