"If we realize that Basil Rajapaksa is dragging his feet without letting this government go, we will become independent," said Tourism Minister Harin Fernando.

"As I said, we still want the country to pass rather than pass the second year," he said at a press conference at the Ministry of Tourism.

"Sajabe people understand this decision. We are doing this on behalf of Sajabai. There is no problem in expelling us Sajabe," he said. He also said he was not ready to step down and how to work with the new cabinet

Hard to imagine. But not all those ministers are in politics. They are in a position to change the country, "he said.

"This is an economic storm. It does not produce good sailors in calm seas. It is in a storm that a good sailor emerges," he added.