Sri Lanka, June 12 -- Agriculture, Lands, Irrigation and Livestock Minister K.D. Lal Kantha says that the National People's Power (NPP) is operating with the determination that it will remain in power continuously.

Speaking at a ceremony held to issue new appointments to employees of the Livestock Development Board, the Minister further stated:

"We are determined that we will remain in power continuously. We have now come and abolished MPs' pensions, abolished official residences for ministers, and increased the parliamentary allowance from what was 125 to 2000. Earlier, they used to 'eat the whole day' for 125 rupees. There is something wrong there, and it becomes visible when you look at ministers like Nimal Siripala.

When we came, t...