No confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was handed over to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya this afternoon. 

Joint Opposition Sources said it had signatures of 55 Parliamentarians. A few SLFP Ministers in the government had also signed the no-confidence motion. 

However, Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had not signed the motion, they added. 

However, the former President was present when it was handed over to the Speaker.