Amid political instability in Sri Lanka, newly-appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for a snap parliamentary election. President M Sirisena had last week sacked prime Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa as new PM. The Ousted PM has refused to play ball and still insists that he is PM with majority in parliament. He has demanded an emergency session of Parliament to prove majority
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