A group of yahapalanaya purohitas the other day were doing a collective postmortem on the latest May Day scene in the city. Senior Banda from the central hills, the former Betel leaf secretary from the Colombo district and the former Blue party secretary from Wayamba were there among others in this group.
A glowing compliment paid to a satin coated bully-boy-type purohita of his party by the Green leader recently has taken the winds out of a widespread speculation that the latter is due to lose his portfolio in the top team reshuffle said to be in the offing.
It is a well-known fact that all main political parties tried their level best as never before to attract the largest possible crowd to their respective May Day rallies this year. However, there is hush-hush in political circles that a certain prominent purohita and a young fair Diyawanna member had kept away from the Getamba May Day rally without giving an excuse.
A group of employees attached to a station connected with public transport in Wayamba who received an incentive payment of Rs. 2,000 each for attending a May Day demonstration and a rally of a certain political party had reportedly attended a May Day rally of another political party.
A former Wayamba PC chairman and a member of the Blue party who were badly disappointed when their claims were rejected and a complete ‘outsider’ appointed as the organizer of an electorate located close to Kurunegala had immediately joined forces with the joint opposition, they say.
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