Poised for the jump?

A fair Diyawanna politico has suddenly gone missing, they say.

He was just politicking then!

A politico from the country’s West, who had been looking after an area of an ancient kingdom-fame and taking up temporary residence there, is no longer seen in this area, they say.

Too many aspirants for key portfolios!

Scrambling for portfolios by too many aspirants had reportedly posed a formidable challenge to the Top Two who were in a hurry to form the top team to run the new government, they say.

Hope never dies !

When the scent of a new regime was in the air, a former purohita from the upcountry, now a Pohottuwa stalwart thought that the time had come for him to use all resources at his disposal to secure a key portfolio in the new administration.

A taste too sweet to give up !

The country witnessed a series of somersaults by our Diyawanna politicos with the sudden regime change. However, there are more somersaults in the offing, say observers.

A revolt against the Coffee Group in the making!

Factionalism leading to arising of intraparty cliques and groups is not a new phenomenon in national politics. We have had occasion to hear about such cliques called Mulberry Group, Ginger group etc. from time to time in the past.

Bowing out the honourable way!

This young man working on the private staff of a purohita was in love with a pretty girl attached to the same staff and it was no secret to others at this place that the couple was going steady and they all expected the affair to culminate in wedding bells

Once poison is sweetmeat now!

This prominent Blue upcountry politico, who was conspicuous by his absence when the former strongman visited the sacred city as the Pohottuwa leader, was seen running about to make his presence felt when the latter arrived in the city the other day as the country’s new Prime Minister, they say.

They want to have the cake and eat it also!

Certain Diyawanna politicos have become veritable magnets attracting peacock-note bundles these days.

Now he can make more money!

Now that a politico involved in marketing a protein-rich food item has recently been appointed to a high post, the people in his area have begun expressing the belief that they would be able to buy this item at a bargain price.

He is allergic to lesser mortals!

The main character in this story is a learned gent serving as the private secretary to a bigwig at the august assembly.  

She hopes to be somebody again!

On hearing about the sudden power change, a fair and lovely one who had lost her Diyawanna status rushed to Colombo in double quick time to felicitate her party leader.

Office functions while vital documents lie packed in bags!

Office files of a major council pertaining to matters of vital importance to the ratepayers, packed in fertilizer bags are lying gathering dust for the last five months, they say.

Bribing with public funds!

A political bigwig of a major council, whose term has now expired, had distributed the council’s left-over funds to minor councils headed by politicos, who had pledged to support him to return to the high office for another term.

Watching the scene from a safe distance!

A Blue party organizer in a district north of the sacred city in the hills who is said to be having close ties with the other main party as well had been keeping his mobile phone switched off during the past few days.

Who cooked up the story? 

The Betel Leaf Secretarial one himself has now gone public that four top team members had taken the initiative to cook up and release to media the sensational story about the RAW being behind the conspiracy to bump off two prominent public figures here.

A grand lunch in vain!

There is a top team member known to be vying for the leadership of his political party. All in the party concede that he is a hard-working politico. 

Advice leads to more quibbling!

The Pohottuwa mastermind is said to be giving pep talks to members of local bodies these days.

A flop at a cost!

A fair member of the Northern Council took the initial steps to launch a new radical political party. Later making a public announcement about her decision, she also called upon the Tamil diaspora to extend financial assistance to lay a strong foundation for the new party.

Did he want to be dramatic?

It is no longer news that there was a recent move to lease out part of the Colombo Port to a neighbouring country in a bid to ease the country’s foreign debt burden.

His suggestion goes a-begging!

A set of khaki high-ups was having a good time at a bash when one of them suddenly remembered the plight their Lokka was placed in, these days.  

A young Green with a chip on his shoulder!

A young Green Diyawanna member is said to be in a sulk these days for failing to get the electorate organizer post he had been asking for, for a long time.

Romeo goes underground!

A politico who suffered a bitter defeat in a race for a very high office has gone underground and is moving from one hideout to another these days, they say.

Cutting off the nose to spite the face!

The opening of an Osu Sala outlet in a main town north of the central capital is getting dragged on due to a tug-o-war between two rival politicos in the area, they say.

Buying chicken at the heroin spot!

A State Lodge high-up caught in the company of two persons found packing heroin in packets, is said to have been released following intervention by a powerful politico from the South.  

Chickens coming back home to roost!

A former unpopular white-collar high-up of the august assembly, now serving a leading politico as the coordinating secretary had reportedly got an earful from a onetime subordinate of his at an evening function organized by the assembly employees.  

Buddy is in trouble because he is in double trouble!

A factory belonging to a thick chum of a onetime powerful politico was sealed some time ago by the authorities for defaulting on tax payments amounting to some Rs.150 million.

More on foreign visits than at work!

These top two at a place where politicos regularly meet are racing each other in making foreign trips one after another, they say.

Name calling over canine issue turns canine!

The coordinating aide of a Diyawanna member had quit his post following a heated exchange with the member’s wife.

An accident that never happened!

A sidekick of a purohita while driving a vehicle in a drunken state had knocked down a motorcycle rider, but the law enforcement authorities had allowed the man go scot-free, they say.