Srilanka, March 13 -- SJB MP Nalin Bandara told Parliament yesterday that the main reason for the downfall of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime was the oppression of farmers by imposing an overnight ban on chemical fertilisers.

The outcome of his bad decision on farming is still hurting the farmers. The yield of paddy farming in the Maha Season is still 37 percent less and the yield of paddy in the Yala Season is 30 percent less due to this reason. This is the main reason for the current shortage of tea and coconut.

Previously, there were 6.5 million farmers in the farmer community in the past and the rate has gone down to 2.3 million today. Today, farmers have left farming and so desperate. They think that this Government will also be a s...