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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamiya" data-source="post: 6490356" data-attributes="member: 85655"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" />                                                                                   The upkeep of 132 ministers in Sri Lanka is costing the country a whopping four billion rupees annually, Common Opposition Candidate Sarath Fonseka has said. “In contrast, the budget allocation for the entire Samurdhi programme which provides welfare to some nine million of this nation’s poorest families is only Rs. 10 billion,” he said. He pledged to disband the present jumbo cabinet and limit the number of ministries in his cabinet to bring the cost down to a manageable level. Fonseka added that India has only 48 ministers to govern a population of 1.2 billion.He has also pledged to reduce the taxes charged for every litre of petrol. At present, the government earns Rs. 65 in taxes from a litre of petrol.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/P.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title=":P    :P" data-shortname=":P" /></blockquote>

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