INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Parliament has informed the Election Commission of the MP seat left vacant following the demise of State Minister Sanath Nishantha, who
Secretary General of Parliament has further mentioned that the notification was made in terms of Section 64(1) of the Parliamentary
1 of 1981.State Minister Sanath Nishantha, 48, was killed in a fatal accident that took place on the Colombo - Katunayake expressway around
The car had crashed into the roadside barrier before rear-ending a moving container truck.Shortly after the collision, three critically
But the lawmaker and the security officer, a police constable named Jayakody had succumbed to injuries.The group had been returning from a
wedding ceremony held at a hotel in Bandarawatta, Chilaw at the time of the accident.Born on 03 May 1975, Nishantha had embarked on his
He was elected to the parliament from Puttalam District at the general elections held in 2015 and 2020.
