MP Gunawardena requested the government to halt the move and heated argument broke out between the opposition and Ministers subsequently.

The Speaker of House Chamal Rajapaksa adjourned the session until 9:30 tomorrow morning after a group of Opposition parliamentarians sat on the floor of the chamber in protest.

Meanwhile, a letter signed by 55 Opposition parliamentarians against Former President Rajapaksa being summoned to the Bribery Commission was handed over to President Maithripala Sirisena.