The Deputy Minister of Public Order, MP Neranjan Wickramasinghe, has passed away at the Panadura Hospital following a brief illness, hospital sources confirmed.
The Kurunegala District UPFA Parliamentarian is the son of late Minister Deshabandu D P Wickramasinghe.
He was a Minister in the North Western Provincial Council for a long period before being elected to Parliament in 2010 from the UPFA ticket.
On April 23, Wickramasinghe was sworn in as the Deputy Minister of Public Order.
