Colombo, Nov 08: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's government today rejected an offer of a unity regime by President Chndrika Kumaratunga as a way out of the country's current political crisis.

Justice Minister W J M Lokubandara said the government did not think Kumaratunga's overnight offer of a "grand alliance of patriotric forces for national reconstruction and reconstruction" was serious.
"What she has to do first is to restore the three ministers she sacked and go to cabinet and discuss any issue," Lokubandara said.
"You can't create turmoil and then invite people for talks," he added. In a televised address, Kumaratunga yesterday invited political parties to form a ‘national reconciliation’ government after charging Wickremesinghe's government with violating national sovereignty by entering into a ceasefire accord with Tamil tiger rebels.
"I invite all to form a grand alliance of all patriotic forces and form a government of national reconciliation," she said.
"I stand ready to discuss with all parties, including the Prime Minister," she said.
Bureau Report