Sri Lanka, Nov. 14 -- Controlling fuel and gas prices in the market became a complex challenge for the current government due to issues in the legal agreements entered into with private companies by past governments, which broke the state monopoly in the energy and domestic gas sectors, National People's Power Member of Parliament Chandana Sooriyaarachchi stated.

The Member of Parliament mentioned this while expressing his views to the media regarding the increase in gas prices.

Commenting further, the Member of Parliament pointed out that in the past, fuel and gas supplies operated entirely through state-owned companies centred on public welfare, and past rulers paved the way to sell state resources by popularising false arguments that...