A political battle between two fair aspirants in the offing!

There are two prominent ladies hailing from Rajarata who believe that they are blessed with Rajayoga. One of them comes from a family that once produced the Number One of the country and the other happens to the better half of a high political authority of the current regime.

Her arrogance cost him a good friend!

There is a better half of a purohita heady with political clout, they say.

Moved to tears!

A top team member had been engrossed in a high-level conference when she was summoned to a high place on the day of the team re-shuffle.

They were found adorned with borrowed plumes!

A group of field officers had the other day got a severe tongue-lashing from a political authority at state level for taking a bigwig of a key irrigation project for a ride.

Hamstrung by a non-co-operative high-up!

There is a mandarin at secretarial level who is out to undercut a young top team member at every turn, they say.

Young ‘knight’ saves the damsel in distress!

When a popular young actress got into a difficult situation by falling foul of the law, a young politico grooming for the future leadership of the country had rushed to her rescue, they say.

A tongue lashing for speaking off the point!

The eldest of the Ruhuna political family who once chaired the Diyawanna council, known to be a mild-mannered person who is not easily given to anger had flown into a rage the other day.

Reluctant students!

The Telephone party chief is reportedly holding seminars and workshops these days to brief the party’s Diyawanna members and the other activists on the various programs on the government agenda so that they would be able to place a critical assessment of them before the general public.

Their intimacy raises eyebrows!

According to hush-hush in certain political circles, a fair and lovely high-up heading an establishment in the sun-setting area has caused eyebrows to raise by providing a chair and a desk for her driver in her office room itself and sharing her bathroom with the latter, they say.

Power and authority are nothing in times of illness!

A story that has gone viral in political circles says that a leading political authority had to remain bed-ridden for seven days at a stretch with a ‘pattuwa’ – a herbal semi-solid paste applied on his back as Ayurvedic treatment for a severe attack of lumbago, they say.

Tantrum of a despondent one!

There is a highly despondent fair Diyawanna member who is going around these days taking swipes at the government.

He now prefers personal freedom to political power!

A group of Blue party front-runners had recently submitted a roadmap for the party.

Will he get his just deserts?

A certain authority in the government, a patriotic one, is said to be running after ‘commissions’. he has reportedly imposed a ‘commission’ on the imports of a certain kind of metal.

Rice mafia’s heyday is over!

The blow struck at the rice mafia of Pulatisipura by the government has produced a telling effect. The mafia that ran a government within the government earlier is tame now, they say.

Olympic hiccups!

There was a big scramble on among the sports officials to get a place in the group to accompany Sri Lanka’s team of athletes to the Olympics in Tokyo, they say.

An unsung simple politico!

It has become a pastime for many of us to pick holes in the actions of government Diyawanna politicos in particular. That is by the way. Today we propose for a change to make a brief comment complimentary to a top team member handling the subject of fuel.

Trying to groom the reluctant scion of Walawwa!

There is a politico hailing from the Kalutara district who claims to be a loyal Blue party member despite obtaining the Telephone party membership recently. He is said to be trying to persuade the son of the former Madam domiciled in the land of our past colonial master to enter the political scene here.

They are getting a raw deal!

Some front-runners of the Telephone party which is known to be riven by internal disputes are said to be getting the step-motherly treatment while some others are unfairly sidelined.

Pandemic did not deter her from fulfilling the vow!

A fair purohita has made a vow at a Kovil in the distant Mullaitivu area some time ago.

His first love is business!

There is a Diyawanna member who was elected from a district in the South having garnered over one lakh of preference votes. This member who goes about nattily dressed in the Western attire is said to be better known as a businessman than as a politico.

Lawmaker breaks the law!

It was a time when rigid travel restrictions were in force due to the coronavirus pandemic being at its peak and a person who was sauntering along a road in Jayawardenepura was challenged by the police officer at a checkpoint.

A lesson from personal experience!

There is a debate raging in the country these days over the government’s decision to ban the import of chemical fertilizer.

Canvassing support for a new leader!

A parachuter- politico is reportedly going round telling all and sundry that they should install in leadership a certain person now domiciled overseas so that he could bring down the soaring living costs and this lobbying for a new leader has got the goat of some other leading politicos in the alliance who are said to be up in arms against the proposed move.

One-time buddies have now turned against him!

This political authority who won a Diyawanna seat for the first time through a demonstration of his patriotic fervor got egg on his face recently when it came to light that he had gone out of his way to oblige the fair mate of a well-known ‘birthday party couple’.

Official vehicles misused!

A white-collar bigwig of an establishment related to sports is said to be misusing the official vehicles of the establishment to provide transport to the family members.

He has suddenly gone out of public eye!

A medical specialist representing a professional body who had been very vocal about the coronavirus pandemic in the recent past has suddenly gone missing, they say.

They are embroiled in infighting!

There is infighting within the Blue party over the question of whether they should continue to be a partner of the government or not. Given the sharp split in the party their inside talks easily leak out.

Will she quit politics?

A fair state purohita who had made it to Diyawanna from a district close to Colombo is said to be in a highly discontented and disillusioned state these days due to a raw deal she is getting from a colleague.

A taboo on opening windows in this building! Believe it or not!

A situation has arisen where imposing a taboo on opening windows of this 14-storey building has become necessary!

He refused to be taken for a ride!

The Big Boss the other day had given a certain purohita a tongue lashing for being remiss in performing the functions assigned to him, they say.