TNA rebel receives newly created State Ministry

Viyalendran receiving his letter of appointment from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Pic courtesy President’s Office)

Former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) lawmaker Sathasivam Viyalendran yesterday (6) received appointment as State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and minor Economic Crop Cultivation.

Viyalendran received his letter of appointment from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat. Viyalendran earlier functioned as the State Minister of Professional Development of Postal Services and Mass Media.