The Minister of Power and Energy Mr. Kanchana Wijesekera has ordered to take disciplinary action against the employees who were on strike led by the employees of the Sri Lanka Electricity Board in the last few days.
The vast majority of civil servants in the Electricity Board were recruited from political lists. From 1994 to 2015, a large number of employees were recruited from the Deshapalana list.
From 1994 to 2015, the country was ruled by Sri Lanka Freedom Party led by Chandrika Bandaranaike, Mahinda Rajapaksa and others.