Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today called for an early resolution of pending political and ethnic issue for a peaceful and progressive Sri Lanka. Dr. Joshi was interacting with the Colombo based media. Dr. Joshi is in Colombo to deliver the Anagarika Dharmapala commemorative lecture at the Mahabodhi Society of Sri Lanka on the occasion of the 147th birth anniversary of the founder of the Society, Anagarika Dharmapala.