Wilpattu crisis: Journalists taken on tour
Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen on Tuesday escorted a team of local media on a tour of the disputed locations inside the Wilpattu Sanctuary to endorse his earlier claim that there has been no encroachment in the area.
He maintained his earlier claim that the families had been settled out side the borders of the Park and a result there is no issue.
Several officials from the Divisional Secretariat in Musali also escorted the Minister and the journalists.
Minister Baithuideen is at the centre of a simmering controversy after it was alleged that he had wrongfully set up settlements for Muslim families in a bid to increase has vote base in the region.