The ongoing crisis in Srilanka left the country in a state of emergency. This comes hours after when president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country.

While confirming the news, spokesman for Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Dinouk Colombage told the media that the country is in the worst situation ever as it is witnessing an economic, fuel, and financial crisis. He said the development comes after when a huge crowd of protesters stormed the president’s residence, asking for his resignation.

Country police also said that they are trying hard to calm the protesters but kept on falling as the number of objectors in the country grew by passing each hour. Police said they have imposed an indefinite curfew in the entire Western Province including the capital Colombo to control the panic situation.

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How the crisis in Sri Lanka unfolded?

Earlier, in March 2022, a huge protest begin in Sri Lanka against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government for mismanagement of the economy, severe inflation, daily blackouts, shortage of fuel, domestic gas and other daily essentials.

On April 1, President Rajapaksa announced a temporary state of emergency in the country and asked security forces to arrest and detain suspects who are trying to disturb the peace in the name of protests.

Seeing the sudden change in the country, almost all of Sri Lanka’s cabinet decided to resign, leaving the president and his brother Mahinda alone. After losing the parliamentary majority, former allies ask him to quit his top position.

On July 9, the president fleed his official residence in Colombo hours after agitated protestors gathered. His security personnel took him to an undisclosed location. Later, the multiple footage went viral on social media platforms where demonstrators were seen jumping in the pool and exploring the whole president’s residence.

Angry protesters also set PM Wickremesinghe’s residence on fire on the same day.

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