Though a leading Minister of the government has promised to provide him with the position of Health Minister and an amount of Rs.500 million, the particular UNP member has strongly denied the request.

In addition, the particular Minister has engaged in discussions with 05 other parliamentarians of the UNP, reports say.

When a government bigwig is thus attempting to fish UNP parliamentarians, another 04 government Ministers are to quit the government on Tuesday and extend support to the common candidate Maithripala Sirisena.