Proposal to Ban Pandals Rejected.

Based on an idea mooted by the Mahanayakes, the Minister of Buddha Sasana Gamini Jayawickrama Perera has submitted a cabinet paper proposing to ban  Vesak Pandals and Dansals on Poya day,  which was rejected by the cabinet of Ministers.

Most of the Ministers expressed their views on this matter. They said,  putting up Pandals and conducting Dansals during Vesak had been a tradition for a long time, and therefore restrictions cannot be imposed. However, a request can be made to have the Pandals exhibited on another day avoiding the Poya day, they said.