Dilan is worried due to his not being given a ministerial position, not being invited for the discussion between president Maithripala Sirisena and his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa, and the president’s having berated him over his description that the prime minister has secured his position by chance.

At the last presidential election, Dilan carried out a scathing mud-slinging campaign against president Sirisena.

However, president Sirisena gave him a deputy ministerial position, SLFP media spokesman position and also appointed his father a provincial governor.

Meanwhile, Rajapaksa faction’s T.B. Ekanayake is trying to make Pavitra Wanniarachchi and C.B. Ratnayake to resign from their deputy ministerial positions.

Ekanaye said recently that SLFP ministers would resign in a show of protest againt the conduct of the present government.

When contacted, minister Mahinda Amaraweera refuted the claim that SLFP ministers were going to resign.

Amarawerera said he intended to leave the government once the 20th amendment is passed.