Colombo (LNW): Ali Zahir Moulana of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) was sworn into Parliament today, filling the vacancy left by former Minister Naseer Ahamed. Ahamed was ousted from the SLMC and subsequently disqualified from his Parliamentary seat as pronounced by the Supreme Court after endorsing the 20th Amendment to the Constitution and supporting Budget 2022, against the SLMC’s stance. Moulana, having secured the second-highest votes for the SLMC in the Batticaloa District in the previous election, was the natural successor.