The JO made much political capital out of the CB bond affair fiasco. And now that the issue was spent and stale, they were looking for something good enough to use against the government when Long Jay from Wattala did them a great favour. And it was the ideal stuff for any opposition in the run-up to an election in particular.
A rumour that went viral in the recent past said that the political scion from Giruwapattu and the JO stalwart from the Gampaha political and willow wielding family were responsible for scuttling the efforts to unify the two factions of the Blue party.
There was a hue and cry from the civil society and religious dignitaries in the recent past against the setting up of a grog-making project in the East. A calm ensued following the storm of protests, and it was generally presumed that the project had been dropped.
Sparks flew at the Green party’s Colombo district nominations selection committee which met the other day when the Tree party bigwigs insisted on being given a lion’s share on the city list. The Tree party leaders had argued that the Muslim vote being the decisive factor given the large concentration of Muslims in the city their party deserved more candidates on the joint list.
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