Sri Lankan Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe was dismissed by the President, he had told about the threat to his life

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President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickramasinghe Sports Minister on Monday Roshan Ranasinghe Removed from the post. A few days ago, he had claimed that his life was in danger for ‘exposing corruption’ in the country’s cricket administration. He also said that if anything happens to him, President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his chief of staff will be held responsible. As soon as Ranasinghe arrived to attend the weekly cabinet meeting, he was handed a dismissal letter which was signed by Wickremesinghe.

All ministries snatched away from Sports Minister

It said that Ranasinghe has been removed from the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and Irrigation with immediate effect. Earlier, Ranasinghe had said in Parliament that Wickremesinghe was trying to implicate him for political vendetta and was using false facts related to a vehicle. The minister said that a vehicle imported by him has been seized by the authorities on the pretext of tax fraud so as to implicate him on false charges.

Allegations of corruption in cricket were made

Referring to his move to appoint an interim committee to run the Sri Lankan cricket administration, Ranasinghe said, ‘Will I get this reward for exposing corruption in cricket? I took action on the basis of the audit report. He further questioned why the President was taking political revenge when as Sports Minister he had only exposed corruption.

SLC was dismissed

News website ‘Newswire.lk’ quoted Ranasinghe as saying, ‘My life is in danger, I may be killed today or tomorrow. If anything happens to me, the President and his advisor Sagala Ratnayake (Chief of Presidential Staff) should be held responsible. Earlier this month Ranasinghe had sacked the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) management and appointed former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga as the head of a seven-member interim committee to run the cricket board but the appeals court a day later Restored it.

Sri Lanka Cricket facing ICC suspension

However, the Sri Lankan Parliament unanimously passed a resolution dismissing the country’s Cricket Governing Board, which amounted to government interference. After this the International Cricket Council (ICC) was forced to suspend Sri Lanka. The chaos in Sri Lankan cricket came after the national team’s early exit from the World Cup. The Sri Lankan team, which won the ICC World Cup in 1996, finished ninth in the ten-team tournament in 2023. President Wickremesinghe advised Ranasinghe not to appoint an interim committee and warned him of possible ICC action.

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