Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D. M. Swaminathan or parliamentarian Jayampathy Wickremeratne are tipped to replaced Justice and Buddhasasana Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Asian Mirror learns.

Parliamentarian Jayampathy Wickremeratne is currently tasked with the constitutional process.

A crucial meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, is to be held at the Temple Trees this afternoon, where a decision on the fate of the Justice and Buddhasasana Minister is expected to be made.

The Working Committee and the Parliamentary group of the United National Party (UNP) unanimously adopted a five-point no-confidence motion against Justice and Buddhasasana Minister Wijeydasa Rajapakshe on August 17.