Sri Lankans shout "go home Gota" as they protest over crippling economic crisis on Tuesday. Sri Lanka's president lost his parliamentary majority Tuesday as former allies urged his resignation following days of street demonstrations. Unprecedented shortages of food and fuel along with record inflation and blackouts have inflicted widespread misery in the country's most painful downturn since independence from Britain in 1948. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's once-powerful ruling coalition is in turmoil after a string of defections, capped Tuesday by the new finance minister's resignation just one day after taking office. IMAGES