COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has called on the government to ‘stop burdening the public’ and to immediately reverse the fuel price hike.

In a statement the Opposition Leader said the disgraceful act of increasing fuel prices at this time has led to much controversy in the country and the government has become a joke in the face of the people as it is unaware as to who decided to increase the prices of fuel.

Sajith Premadasa further went on to note that internal struggles of the government are burdening the people.

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