This prominent politico now being quizzed by the CID regarding his involvement in shady deals in the past is said to be distributing gift-wrapped bags stuffed with greenbacks to certain heavyweights in the government in a bid to buy his way out of his present predicament.
A rumour abuzz in political circles says that a yahapalanaya purohita has floated a shipping company from foreign shores. He is a party leader who is clever at boosting his political fortunes by allying with whatever government in power at the opportune moment.
A Senior Banda from the hills contested the last general poll on the Betel leaf ticket but lost mainly because the former strongman did not pull his weight in his favour, they say. However, his new mentor raised him to Purohita status after offering him a gratis seat in Diyawanna.
This Diyawanna member who presided over education in the previous regime has got a knack for taking people by surprise. Quite recently he sprang a surprise on his colleagues from both sides of the divide when he declined to accept the prestigious chair of the council’s accounts committee.
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