The Minister of Transport and Highways and Mass Media, Bandula Gunawardena says that poverty is not a new thing in a bankrupt country.
The minister also said that if the program launched by the government led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe is changed by even a tenth for the sake of building the country, the country will be in serious danger again.
Although there are various reports that poverty has increased in this country, the Minister pointed out that it is not a new thing in a country where the economic growth was negative 8 and has gone bankrupt. He also mentioned that to create a protection.
Minister Bandula Gunawardena said this while joining the news conference held at the Presidential Media Center today (03) under the theme ‘One way to a stable country’.