Muslim Ministers who quit after Easter bombings rejoin Sri Lankan government

The Ministers were among nine legislators who resigned in early June after a Buddhist lawmaker demanded their sacking and accused them of terror links.

Four Sri Lankan Muslim Ministers, who resigned following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people, have rejoined the government after investigators found no link in their alleged involvement with a local islamist extremist group.

Two senior Muslim leaders Rauff Hakeem — the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and Rishad Badiyudeen, the leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress — were sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena last night.

Along with them, two more Muslims, a State Minister and a Deputy Minister rejoined the government.

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