Rishad takes party, himself online, calls for restraint

“Why create an altogether new problem?”

Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen has taken his presence online on 18 March-and called for the need to preserve the hard-earned atmosphere of peace among Lankan communities. ”Please visit my website as well as my party’s, that is All Ceylon Makkal Congress” said an upbeat Minister Bathiudeen, during the soft-launch of both sites on 18 March in Colombo.

www.rishadbathiudeen.lk, available in English, Sinhala and Tamil aims at updating the site visitor with latest developments and Ministerial and IDP relief activities of Minister Bathiudeen. In the past few weeks during its testing stage, the Tamil language site has been drawing significant page-views due to eager Tamil readers both here and abroad logging on for latest developments. Minister’s Bathiudeen’s party web site is www.acmc.lk.

Addressing the special launch press conference in Colombo 7, Minister Bathiudeen also condemned certain elements that work against religious peace in the country. “Please visit my website as well as my party’s, that is All Ceylon Makkal Congress” said Minister Bathiudeen, and added: “It is unfortunate that we have a new issue in the country. You already know that some of our Mosques have come under attack. This is the work of certain elements. Why do they try to disturb the hard-earned peace by HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and create an altogether new problem in the country? I urge them-Please stop this and refrain from creating communal disharmony.”