Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Brother Resigns From Parliament

Colombo: The brother of Sri Lanka's president and the nation's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa mentioned on Thursday that he had resigned from parliament, the second from the influential household to step away from authorities amid a extreme financial disaster. "From today I will not be involved in any government activities but I cannot and will not step away from politics," Rajapaksa informed reporters. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned as prime minister final month after extended protests in opposition to the financial disaster turned lethal. Mahinda stays a member of parliament. (Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)