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Wimal gets Housing Ministry again despite allegations

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United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian (UPFA) Wimal Weerawansa was appointed as the Minister of Housing and Social Welfare.

He took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena today.

Weerawansa was accused in the past of grossly misusing state funds and resources when he was the Housing Minister under then President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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