State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera has lashed out at Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary MP Sagara Kariyawasam yesterday (08) for removing him from the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) in Parliament.
This incident took place at the end of the meeting of the ruling party members’ group chaired by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.
“Why was I removed from the COPA?” the state minister asked the general secretary. 
MP Kariyawasam has replied,”Ask the Prime Minister.”  
“There is no need to create issues now. We need to protect the government. Don’t create political issues. Just tell me why I was removed,” State Minister Ranaweera has said angrily using profanities.
MP Kariyawasam has informed the SLPP higher-ups that an investigation is necessary over the incident.
It was reported that the State Minister is known to use profanities and scold others in this manner. Recently, he has publicly berated President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Western Province Governor Roshan Gunathilaka during a meeting of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha.
Ranaweera has behaved in this way over a decision taken by the Governor in terms of using the tax collected by the Pradeshiya Sabha in a business owned by him to lay interlock bricks.
The Governor has launched an investigation asking whether laying interlock bricks is essential at this moment.