Arjuna hits out on sports portfolio
By Leonard Ratnayake
Sri Lanka's World Cup winning cricket captain Arujuna Ranatunga yesterday expressed disappointment that he had not been given the job of Sports Minister.

"I entered politics with the expectation that I would be of some service to sports. I expected the Sports Ministry portfolio," Mr. Ranatunga told The Sunday Times yesterday.

Instead he was offered a post as Deputy Minister of Industries, Tourism and Investment Promotion under Anura Bandaranaike. The cricket star did not turn up for the swearing-in of Deputy Ministers and he said yesterday he had not yet decided whether to take up the Deputy Minstership.

Mr. Ranatunga has been an MP for two years and SLFP sources said yesterday much more senior party members had to be given preference over him. The Sports portfolio was given to Jeevan Kumaratunga.

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