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Sirisena in an address to the nation outlined his reasons for dissolving parliament well ahead of its scheduled closure.
Sirisena's move to dissolve the parliament comes one and a half years ahead of the scheduled parliamentary polls.
President Maithripala Sirisena fired the sitting prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on October 26 and appointed Rajapaksa in his place.
Sri Lanka was plunged into crisis on Friday when President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa to replace him.
Rajapaksa assumed the duties in the prime minister's secretariat which was not used by the ousted prime minister Wickremesinghe.
The incident took place when the cricketer-turned-politician visited the CPC office, with several Ceylon Petroleum Corporation workers objecting to his presence at the office.
The speaker said a prorogation of Parliament should be one in consultation with the speaker.
The parliament was earlier due to meet on November 5 to unveil the 2019 annual budget.
President Sirisena's party withdrew from the ruling coalition on Friday.
The media reports came ahead of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi