Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Monday 09-05-2022
Until now, the Rajapaksa brothers – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa – had defied calls for their resignation even as unrest and protests against the government intensified.
On Monday, following reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to step down as prime minister, a violent clash erupted outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office. Pro-government groups attacked protesters and more than 20 people were injured in the ensuing violence. The government then imposed a nationwide curfew and deployed army troops in the capital.
