Residents protest the opening of a Cultural Centre by Ministers Vidura Wickramanayake and D.B. Herath (VIDEO)

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By: Isuru Parakrama

Colombo (LNW): Residents of Wariyapola, Walpola – Bamunakotuwa area staged a protest against the opening of a Culture Centre by Minister Vidura Wickramanayake and State Minister D.B. Herath.

Booing at the Ministers, the protesters claimed that this Cultural Centre had previously been ‘opened’ by several ministers of government on several occasions.

The Police Riot Control was also deployed over the heated exchange occurred at the scene.

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