All Ceylon Poultry Businessmen’s Association President Ajith Gunasekara yesterday said that the Association did not stop selling eggs at Rs.55 to customers.

“No matter how much criticism is made on social media, we will carry out this program with an objective of giving a relief to the customers,” he said.

He said that his association will reach every towns in the country to make available eggs at Rs.55 each. Gunasekera made these remarks while speaking to the media in Nuwara-Eliya yesterday afternoon.“Our Association was never engaged in trading and we never sell eggs and set the price. However, We have decided to divide into groups and go to different cities in our trucks to sell eggs in order to provide relief to the customers battered by escalating egg prices,” he said.