{"id":159279,"date":"2016-03-15T18:36:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159279"},"modified":"2016-03-16T11:36:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T06:06:17","slug":"roads-open-up-for-unp-to-protest-as-university-students-tear-gassed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/roads-open-up-for-unp-to-protest-as-university-students-tear-gassed\/","title":{"rendered":"Roads Open Up For UNP To Protest, As University Students Tear Gassed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The public was severely inconvenienced this evening as the ruling United National Party (UNP) took to the streets in Colombo protesting against the opposition and their alleged conspiracies. In another protest also this evening, in Fort, a student protest led by the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) protest was tear gassed.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/roads-open-up-for-unp-to-protest-as-university-students-tear-gassed\/ranil-w-lipton\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-159280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-159280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ranil-W-Lipton-.jpg\" alt=\"Ranil W Lipton\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ranil-W-Lipton-.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ranil-W-Lipton--300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UNP protest which was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at Lipton Circus was against \u2018vicious forces\u2019 trying to defeat the people\u2019s mandate, while the IUSF demanded authorities to abolish the degree granting status of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in Malabe.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that they were compelled to tear gas the IUSF protestors as they attempted to break down security barricades and march ahead. The police used tear gas and water cannons on the students.<\/p>\n<p>The UNP protest resulted in a huge traffic block in and around the Town Hall area.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/roads-open-up-for-unp-to-protest-as-university-students-tear-gassed\/students-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-159283\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-159283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Students.jpg\" alt=\"Students\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Students.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Students-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":159280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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