Srilanka, Dec. 7 -- Claiming that the opposition had kept mum on the warnings of an impending cyclone for two weeks from November 12 as they claimed, Deputy Minister Mahinda Jayasinghe said today the opposition must be sued for failing to inform the government of the warning of an impending cyclone if they were aware of it from November 12.

He told reporters that the government had not received any prior warnings of a cyclone issued by the Meteorology Department or the Irrigation Department on November 12 as claimed by the opposition.

The Deputy Minister said the opposition parties had been aware of the warning as they claimed and said the opposition also has a similar responsibility just as the government, as they are also people's rep...