Minister Rishad Baduideen Accepted That He Has Phoned Army Commander

Minister of Industries and Commerce Rishad Baduideen has today (17) accepted that he had called Army Commander Lt.General Mahesh  Senanayake to ask on a Terrorist  suspect arrested in Dehiwala .

However the Minister has denied the reports appeared in media that he had influenced the Army Commander to release a suspect .

Meanwhile Joint Opposition has handed over a no confidence motion against Minister Baduideen to  the speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday  (16) first allegation out of 10 allegations in the motion is  Minister Baduideen has influenced the Army Commander to release a suspect.

The no confidence motion was signed by 64 MP's.