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Colombo, Nov 19 (PTI) The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday launched an attack in parliament against leading opposition leader Namal Rajapaksa over alleged forgery of his degree.

Rajapaksa, who is the only current active politician from the clan that led the country from 2005 until 2022, said he will respond to the allegations at a rally on Friday.

Nalinda Jayathissa, government spokesman and the Health Minister, referred to a post in circulation on social media about the alleged forgery of a degree certificate by Rajapaksa to become a lawyer.

“This report has clearly mentioned that there was no degree certificate from Namal Rajapaksa at the Law College when he had been enrolled as an Attorney At Law," Jayathissa said.

The minister said the City University in

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