Wrapping a puzzle in a conundrum!

The Green party activists in an upcountry district met for a discussion in the salubrious city quite recently.  

Staying put by the virtue of being born first!

This sibling occupying the main chair of a State-run body oiling the nation has been truanting for some time, they say.

Backdoor bid misfired!

A political chief overseeing a distant province had phoned up the Number One in yahapalanaya.  

Clutching at another straw?

The latest person to have come forward to bail out Khaki Chief in hot water is said to be a Buddhist monk residing in a temple in a city suburb, they say.

Getting set for leave-taking!

A small group of highly agitated Diyawanna Blues had recently called on the Rajarata young stalwart, who was one of the handful that pole-vaulted to yahapalanaya at the very outset.

Planning to bell the cat!

A group of Green backbenchers had the other day met secretly to discuss an issue that was causing them much annoyance: the inexplicable delay in sending the discredited Khaki Chief home.

Rs. 2 billion is chicken feed for him!

This big-mouthed politico is a member of the top team. He is Blue, but ready to turn Green if need be.

Set to sail with the winds?

There is a minor party leader in yahapalanaya whom one may immediately remember whenever the word, “Vilpattu’ is mentioned.

They are eager to wait on her hand and foot!

There is a politically ambitious daughter of a leading politico connected to a city.

Watching this film, a must for them!

Some school Principals have come under pressure to arrange for their children to watch a certain film produced by a coterie with political interests, they say.

Going about with security just for show!

A provincial politico now shorn of high position and authority continues to enjoy the privilege of being guarded by a six-member security detail, they say.

Kicked out for not helping his sidekicks!

A powerful politico had used his clout to transfer a Divisional Secretary out of his area for not allowing his sidekicks to engage in illicit sand mining.

O! They are above the law!

This character, a typical political hanger-on, who was functioning as the Public Relations Officer of a political authority, while driving an official vehicle worth Rs. 15 million had sent it crashing on to a roadside tree causing it extensive damage though he had escaped unscathed. The man had been found fully soaked at the time of the accident.

He gave him the slip on time!

As a high political authority arrived at a funeral house, a onetime bigwig of another main party who was there, sloped away making his exit through a rear door, they say.

They wonder why she has gone missing!

Normally politicos -be they Diyawanna or not -have a hankering to do the honours at opening ceremonies for these are ideal occasions for them to cut a figure. However, a lovely fair Diyawanna member, who was in active politics until recently seems to shun public functions on her home turf these days, they say.

His statement sent them into a panic!  

The governing one of a province, where the big council is about to be dissolved, paid an official visit to a country in Europe recently.

Fighting to protect family honour!

A scion of an upcountry political dynasty has been caught red-handed accepting a big kickback while being the occupant of the main chair of a statutory body.

Pal had spilt the beans!

It is public knowledge now that a secret meeting between the former strongman and Number One did take place despite an immediate denial by the peace-maker who played the host.

A wedding guest with a chip on his shoulder!

A family wedding of a fair purohita in yahapalanaya took place in a high-end hotel in the city the other day.

Mystery surrounding the dumping of the unairworthy airbus!

Our national airline had taken on lease an airbus from a foreign country about two years ago and had re-leased it soon after to a European country.

A tragi-comic ending of an official conference!

Several leading lights in Sinhala cinema called on a top team member at his office the other day to discuss some burning issues relating to the cinema halls across the country.

It was a matter for him to laugh!

The news that the former strongman and Number One in Yahapalanaya had held a one-on-one powwow created a big stir in political circles recently.  

Political clout straightens out the crooked bid!

A consignment of goods of a kind produced using artificial raw materials nabbed by authorized officials by thwarting a bid to smuggle it out in three trucks the other day had been summarily released allowing the culprits to go scot-free, they say.

Illicit love affair costs them their party posts!

The highest body of a minor political party led by a gabby politico, a master at playing to the gallery, has decided to boot out a party organizer in the upcountry and the organizer of the women’s league in his area for involvement in an illicit love affair, they say.

A bid to buy luxury furnishings for an empty residence!

A tender calling for bids to supply some expensive items for the official residence of a provincial chief of a council already dissolved was rejected by the governing one when it was submitted to him for approval the other day, they say.

Green with envy?

The constant media publicity that a young opposition Diyawanna politico from Rajarata is getting has irked his party colleagues.

Opportunism is his bane!

A Diyawanna politico, who had been playing a double game by keeping one foot in yahapalanaya and other in the Opposition has now been reduced to a nonentity due to being disowned by both sides, they say.

A money guzzling road project!

The development work on a proposed five-kilometre four-lane- stretch of a road in the main city being represented by a leading politico, taken on hand three years ago is yet to be completed.

A fox guarding the henhouse?

A leading political authority has reportedly appointed a black-listed shady character as the head of a financial institution at the periphery.

A rare case of extravagance!

A nephew of a high political authority has reportedly bought an expensive wristwatch for Rs. 8 million.