Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has issued a statement saying the no-confidence motion against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was taken up in the house. 

The Speaker said 122 MPs had signed the no-confidence motion. 

The motion will be sent to President Maithripala Sirisena for him to take necessary action. 

The United National Party (UNP) earlier confirmed that 122 MPs signed the No Confidence Motion although MPs of the UPFA denied the fact. 

Aside from the 102 MPs representing the UNP, the TNA, the JVP and several MPs who initially supported the Sirisena-Rajapaksa alliance, namely Manusha Nanayakkara, Wasantha Senanayake, Vadiwel Suresh, Piyasena Gamage and A.H.M. Fowzie also supported the NCM against Rajapaksa.