Sri Lanka, Oct. 19 -- Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister and National Democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa said the status of Buddhism is guaranteed under the Constitution.

He was addressing a political meeting in Kataragama recently.

He said he will protect the Buddha Sasana once he becomes the President.

Minister Sajith Premadasa said the Buddhism has been given the foremost position by the government.

"No other regime has ever spent this much on the Buddha Sasana.

"The Buduputh Suraksha insurance scheme set up by the government provides facilities not only for the Buddhist clergy, but also to their parents," he said.

He said that it was his late father who set up the Buddhasasana Ministr...