Twelve Parliamentarians Stucked Inside A Parliament Elevator Yesterday (07) For 15 Minutes

Around 12 Parliamentarians mostly representing the Joint Opposotion group had got stuck inside a Parliament Elevator for 15 minutes  last evening (06) as a result of exceeding  the required number of persons inside the Elevator  .

Accordingly 12 Parliamentarians including Dinesh Gunawardana, Wimal Weerawansha, Dayasiri Jayasekare and ,Bandula Gunawardana had  stuck inside the Elevator. They were rescued  by the Parliamentary staff after giving an Emergancy  call from the lift .

The incident occurred as around 12  MP' s aboarded in the Elevator although  only six persons can travel. at once .

After the incident Authorities have restricted the number of persons can travel from  Parliament Elevator to 06 .