They have made up their minds!

Some 19 of the 22-Group of young Diyawanna Pohottuwa members had reportedly taken a highly important decision about the party’s candidate at the upcoming big poll.

A failed rebellion!

Most Blue organizers who quit the party vowing that they would send the current boss into political wilderness have themselves gone into oblivion, they say.

Reply blew up in his face!

Most Blue party politicos were not available in the House when the vote on the second reading of the Budget was taken. The party’s secretarial one, Daya, the chief opposition whip Amare from the deep South and the matchmaker SB were conspicuous by their absence.

Blind to what followers see!

There is a prominent character grooming himself to enter the race for Number One due in November this year despite the ongoing ho ha about a general poll close at hand.

Warned not to step out of line!

A recently appointed governing one had got a dressing-down from a very high political authority, the other day, they say.

Expected bouquets, but received brickbats

This Diyawanna politico, a former top team member, representing an area, which was once part of an ancient kingdom, heard that some villagers were staging a noisy protest demanding immediate action to keep off marauding wild jumbos destroying their paddies and other crops.

Law-maker gangs up with law-enforcer to defy the law!

A prominent politico is said to be engaged in illegal earth excavating racket in an area north of the city causing much damage to the environment.

A cheery sight to begin the day!

A report that has reached us says that a certain political authority has got a comely lass to sit at the entrance to his office solely for the purpose of starting the day with a happy frame of mind.

Politics has brought him a fortune!

An upcountry politico is said to be the owner of a high-end hotel being run in a rich mideast country.

Wedding bells to ring for top politico’s eldest son!

The wedding bells are to ring for the eldest offspring of a leading politico come September this year, they say.

Trapped in the eternal triangle!

The main character in this story is a former politico from Rajarata who has been caught in the eternal triangle.

Greed is greater than the need!

There is an official bungalow belonging to the august assembly in a cinnamon garden. The fact that the better- half of a white-collar high-up of the assembly has taken over the responsibility of supervising the new look being given to this bungalow these days is raising many an eyebrow, they say.

Political rivalry leads to stymieing the traffic-related order!

A white-collar high- up of a governing one associated with a main political party had issued an order recently to the uniformed authorities to change a busy street in a main city in the hills to a one-way-route in a bid to ease the traffic congestion in this street.

Greed for power!

Most Green party seniors are said to be an unhappy lot. Some seniors in the top team are not happy with the subjects assigned to them while some others are disappointed that they have not been offered any office at all.

‘A strange character’ owning an airline!

It is well-known that there is a top team member who owns a domestic airline. He owned this airline even when he was in the Opposition. He launched this airline as a successful entrepreneur in the country.

Sand miners run the show!

The head of an establishment responsible for issuing sand mining permits has reportedly received a ‘go home’ threat, they say.

Gunning for a top team member!

A section of young Green party Diyawanna politicos is said to be vowing these days to defeat some heads of expenditure in the Budget by voting against them. A clash of opinion over this issue too has arisen, they say.

He takes the second-in-command to task!

The Northern Alliance leader had the other day berated his second-in-command over the phone.

Samantha’s encounter with runner for President!

Samantha Power from the States, who attended as a special guest at a ceremony held to celebrate Khema’s boy’s 30 years in politics at the BMICH paid a glowing tribute to the latter in her address.

Pohottuwa high-ups demonstrate their displeasure!

The senior most Leftist Diyawanna member – incidentally the oldest Marxist politico among the living today – marked his eightieth birthday recently.

How they solved farmers’ problems!

A group of politicos and white- collar high-ups who were due to discuss the problems of big onion cultivators at a conference held at a super-holiday bungalow in the central province had taken advantage of the occasion to have a grand whiskey party there.

Political clout supersedes the law?

This prince in politics is running an office in a house taken on a lease but he is continuing to forcibly use the building despite the lease term has now long expired.

Trying to sabotage the inquiry!

This central province politico who no longer holds high office is now reduced to a non-entity, but he continues to issue instructions to his onetime white-collar subordinates, they say.

A sanctimonious humbug!

This head of a key establishment is a well -known preacher against wasteful expenditure and corruption in the public sector. But he is using a rented Benz car involving a hefty monthly payment when he has at his disposal a Montero vehicle left behind by his predecessor which has not registered even 40,000 kilometres on its odometer.

Sealed but back in production!

This distillery had been officially sealed after suspending its operations following the failure on the part of the owner to pay up the tax dues amounting to Rs. 90 million. However, the interested parties have now, using the clout of a powerful political authority, forcibly opened the distillery and had begun making preliminary preparations to resume production operations, they say.

Tunnel road project nipped in the bud!

The proposal of a plan to construct a tunnel road in a main city submitted by a senior top team member has been rejected due to objections raised by another team member, they say.

A probe committee member too was on his list!

The Green party chief had the other day sent for the party’s anti-drug campaigner who is creating a lot of hullabaloo in the country these days calling some unnamed Diyawanna members cocaine addicts.

“I am only conceding him his due!”

The former strongman along with a political buddy was walking up the corridor at the august assembly the other day when a Northern alliance politico who recently lambasted him in the council came running behind him and asked, “Sir, can I have a word with you!”

He justifies his non-participation!

A special meeting to discuss the proposed alliance between the Blue-led UPFA and the Pohottuwa (SLPP) was held at Number One’s official residence the other day.

His fall was as sudden as his rise!

It was a black-coated one who severed ties with the Green party who initially handled the crash development project launched by Number One to empower the village. His getting close to the palace after turning his back on the Green party saw him being elevated to the high office of an advisor.