Sri Lanka's Parliament reconvened today - on orders of the Supreme Court. The country's been in turmoil since its president replaced the prime minister without a vote. However, deep concerns remain, as our correspondent Shweta Bajaj reports.  

It's been a day of high drama. Sri Lanka's parliament resumed on Wednesday after its President Maithripale Srisena replaced the Prime Minister of the country Ranil Wickramasinghe with Mahinda Rajapaksa back on 26th October. Though the session didn't go beyond an hour, within that time a motion of no-confidence was passed against Mahinda Rajapaksa being the Prime Minister. But the instability continues as Rajapaksa's party says the vote taken is not valid and the country's future should be decided with elections.

NAMAL RAJAPAKSA, MP SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY "We as a party, all of us are ready to go for elections because we believe this is a situation where people should make the mandate to decide who should govern them."

While Rajapaksa's supporters and the President have asked for elections, Ranil Wickramsinghe's party, the United National Party, says the elections should happen only after the term of the current government is over.

DR. HARSHA DE SILVA NATIONAL POLICIES & ECONOMIC AFFAIRS MINISTER, SRI LANKA "We have a fixed term now of 4 and a half years and thereafter in the next months the president can dissolve at his own discretion. But if he wants to dissolve prior to the 4 and half years, then the majority must be had in parliament. That's the legal way of going in for elections."

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's crisis continues. Supporters of both leaders came out onto the streets shouting slogans against each other, bringing the riot police out.

SHWETA BAJAJ COLOMBO "Ranil Wickramsinghe who was replaced as the Prime Minister of the country by President Srisena says that the no-confidence motion has won with an astounding majority but Mahinda Rajapaksa's side says that the no-confidence motion never took place. It's very clear that the instability in Sri Lanka will continue till the time elections are held."

Meanwhile people in Sri Lanka still don't know who is the country's Prime Minister. Shweta Bajaj, CGTN, Colombo, Sri Lanka.