Sri Lanka, June 5 -- It was noticed during the traditional water canon salute that the wipers of the new airbus are not functioning, SJB MP Nalin Bandara said today.

He told Parliament that the government proudly displayed to the country a leased out 14 year-old airbus of the Garuda Airlines which is of low standard than SriLankan Airlines.

The MP questioned the stance of the government on debt-ridden SriLankan Airlines.

"Is the government going to burden the people with SriLankan Airlines," he asked.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....