Sri Lanka, Nov. 14 -- The second reading of the 2026 Appropriation Bill has been passed with a majority of 118 votes in Parliament, a short while ago.

160 Members of Parliament voted in favour of the 2026 Budget while 42 MPs voted against it.

Eight MPs abstained from voting.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya MPs Mano Ganesan, V Radhakrishnan and P Thigambaram also voted in favour of the 2026 Budget.

Voting for the second reading of the 2026 Budget got underway at around 6:10 p.m. after members of Parliament debated the proposals during the past six days.

The second reading of the Appropriation Bill for the year 2026 (the Budget Speech) was presented to Parliament on November 07, by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as the Minis...