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Protesters, who have occupied ‘Temple Tree’, the official residence of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, are camping there and have started cooking food inside the premises in Colombo.

#WATCH | Sri Lanka: Protestors start preparing & cooking food inside the premises of the residence of the Sri Lankan PM, in Colombo, as they continue to remain there amid ongoing protests against the country’s financial 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 house told news agency ANI.

The protesters were also seen playing carrom, lying leisurely and loitering in the premises of prime minister Wickremesinghe’s residence.

#WATCH | Sri Lanka: 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 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 in the capital of Colombo, forcing him to flee to an unknown location. Protesters shouted, “Gota go home” and demanded his resignation. Protesters also set fire to prime minister Ranil Wickremesingh’s private residence.

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

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