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Namal Criticizes Govt On Promises, Budget
MP Namal Rajapaksa accused the Sri Lankan government of failing to fulfill election promises during Parliament. He criticized rising costs and questioned measures taken by the President in his third budget, citing unfulfilled pledges on digitalization, fuel prices, foreign investment and tax relief.
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He said the President himself had made that promise and that ministers should explain its failure directly to him rather than telling the Opposition that it was impractical. Rajapaksa also accused the Government of increasing taxes despite earlier assurances that VAT would be removed from essential items, including school supplies, medicines and food. He claimed that fuel taxes had increased by around Rs.
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