Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa: The situation in Sri Lanka, which is going through the worst economic crisis in its history, has become explosive. The crowd of anti-government protesters on the streets has become uncontrollable.
Now President Gotabaya Rajapaksa himself has come in the JD of the angry mob. Gotabaya, who had been reluctant to resign for a long time, had to flee the President's official residence to save his life where he is at present, there is no official information about it.
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Meanwhile, a video of the Sri Lankan Naval Base is going viral on social media. It is claimed that the people on board the ship in the video are Rajapaksa's family. Big luggage is being seen in his hands. On the other hand, Rashtrapati Bhavan is completely under the control of the protesters.
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The President could not stand in front of the crowd of people engaged in the security of the residence. According to the information, the protesters vandalized there fiercely. Photos of protesters taking a bath in the swimming pool built there are also becoming quite viral.
Some media reports quoted sources as saying that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was taken to the army headquarters as a precaution on Friday night after the intelligence agency informed the president that the situation could get out of control on Saturday. Given this, they have been shifted to Army Headquarters at night itself.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called an emergency meeting to discuss the situation and find a quick solution. Apart from this, he also requested the Speaker to convene Parliament. 16 MPs of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have written a letter demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Let us tell you that Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe has also asked Gotabaya to step down as President several times.
It is to be known that earlier on May 11, the then Prime Minister and Gotabaya's elder brother Mahinda Rajapakse had to run away with the family. Angry protesters surrounded his official residence in Colombo. This is the same Rajapaksa, who established an umbrella rule over Sri Lanka. He had brought his younger brother Gotabaya into politics as well, but in the changed circumstances, the Rajapaksa family is on the verge of becoming the past of Sri Lankan politics.