Protesters camp, cook dinner inside Sri Lanka PM’s Colombo residence

Protesters, who’ve occupied ‘temple tree’, the official residence of Sri Lanka PM, are tenting there and have began cooking meals contained in the premises in Colombo.

Protesters camp, cook dinner inside Sri Lanka PM’s residence in Colombo (ANI Photo)

Protesters, who’ve occupied ‘Temple Tree’, the official residence of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, are tenting there and have began cooking meals contained in the premises in Colombo.

#WATCH | Sri Lanka: Protestors begin making ready & cooking meals contained in the premises of the residence of the Sri Lankan PM, in Colombo, as they proceed to stay there amid ongoing protests in opposition to the nation’s monetary turmoil#SriLankaEconomicCrisis pic.twitter.com/6kHuo2bgcY

— ANI (@ANI) July 10, 2022

“We the protesters , have started cooking, we are inside the PM’s house. We have struggled for the resignation of PM Wickremesinghe & President Rajapaksa. We will only leave the premises when they will resign,” a protester inside Sri Lankan PM’s home advised information company ANI.

The protesters had been additionally seen enjoying carrom, mendacity leisurely and loitering within the premises of prime minister Wickremesinghe’s residence.

#WATCH | Sri Lanka: Inside visuals from ‘Temple Tree’ official residence of Sri Lankan PM, the place protestors are enjoying carrom, mendacity leisurely & loitering within the premises

Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe’s residence was stormed by a sea of protestors, yesterday pic.twitter.com/c0HdfO4t6K

— ANI (@ANI) July 10, 2022

“Inside visuals from ‘Temple Tree’ official residence of Sri Lankan PM, where protestors are playing carrom, lying leisurely & loitering in the premises Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe’s residence was stormed by a sea of protestors, yesterday,” ANI reported.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SRI LANKA?

Thousands of protesters stormed Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence within the capital of Colombo, forcing him to flee to an unknown location. Protesters shouted, “Gota go home” and demanded his resignation. Protesters additionally set hearth to prime minister Ranil Wickremesingh’s non-public residence.

Gotabaya will resign from the presidency on July 13 whereas Ranil Wickremesingh stepped down as Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Saturday, July 10.

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