His protests were eyewash

A certain politico raised a hue and cry against the biggest ever PPP development project about to be kicked off shortly. 

Changes in the Green party hierarchy in the offing

The Green party is going to have three assistant leaders soon. The creation of these three posts came under discussion at the Working Committee meeting held last week, they say.

One too many for the ride

Number One recently decided to helicopter it to Wellawaya to attend a public function there. He had not invited any purohita to accompany him on this ride.

A private visit that went public

There is a monk who played an active role in several popular movements responsible for bringing about a series of far reaching political developments in the recent past. 

A hue and cry over an ‘unpardonable crime’

A large number of peasants in Uva had the ownership of their holdings regularized when they received title deeds from Number One in yahapalanaya at a grand ceremony held recently.   

Biding time for a better political climate?

A deputy purohita known to be a close confidant of a onetime powerful political leader has skipped the country, they say. 

New flat with the lure of a shot of whiskey within easy reach

A sibling of a powerful purohita holding high office in a main political party has obtained a licence to run a liquor outlet at a high-end apartment building he owns in the city.

They become soul mates for mutual benefit

A family member of a very high political authority has gone into a business partnership with a prominent purohita.

He just tries the normal means

The head of a very important institution linked to liquor is to go on retirement shortly and a certain white collar one holding a subordinate rank in this institution is said to be making a desperate bid to grab the high office about to fall vacant through political influence, they say.

It was funny for onlookers

Visitors to an upcountry town and the shop employees there the other day looked on with curiosity mixed with amusement as three persons who arrived on motor bikes began in a desperate hurry tearing off some posters pasted on parapet walls, building walls, electricity posts etc. in the town.

“Close the door on politicos!”

The country’s national body governing the gentlemen’s game has been a hotbed of power struggles over the years and several issues that had been simmering for some time in the recent past are about to trigger an explosive situation, they say.

It rankles them yet!

The elder sibling of the former strongman created ripples of resentment in JO camp when he attended a function organized on the initiative of Number One in yahapalanaya recently.

He is relieved of fears that haunted him!

Several parties from within yahapalanaya had reportedly put spokes in the wheel of the Sino-Lanka deal on the Magampura port and the purohita in charge of the subject of ports was one of them, they say.

An innocuous gesture that sent him into a panic!

A group of purohitas were taking an upward ride in the Diyawanna council elevator the other day. And a young purohita from Rajarata holding a high post in the Blue party and a colleague from Puttalam area whose name is being mentioned often in connection with Vilpattu national park were seen engrossed in a conversation during the ride. 

He is no pushover!

There is a powerful purohita who is widely believed to be the most likely one to lose his portfolio at the reshuffle said to be round the corner. 

He prefers the bird in hand!

There is a key institution which is instrumental in bringing precious forex to the country. It is headed by a person who played an active role in bringing yahapalanaya to power. This institution comes under the purview of a Green party purohita. 

Cupidity and serendipity for a change!

The other day, several young Diyawanna members from the two main political strands were engaged in a gossip session in the council lobby. They were swapping banter and laughing merrily when a senior purohita walked past them. 

He knew the worth of personal touch

A local politico eyeing a chief purohita’s post had reportedly accompanied a high political authority on an official foreign visit at his own expense. 

Gobbling up public funds?

There is a ‘madam’ holding a high office at national level. According to official records, the lady attends office in her official car from a distant place in the South, a distance of 225 kilometres back and forth.

Party organizer is a fraudster

An organizer of a main political party in the upcountry is reportedly making lots of money by selling lands using forged title deeds. Most parcels of land he had been selling on forged title deeds had been state-owned properties.

Scramble for a post yet to fall vacant

There are three politicos engaged in a mad scramble to grab the position being held by an opposition political stalwart now terminally ill. 

Just deserts for those behind the misleading gazette

A highly controversial gazette notification has now turned the T-bond issue into a tangle within a tangle.

He avoided defending the appointment

An appointment made to a high judicial office recently triggered a big controversy in  the country. 

Two mandarins to get walking papers

Two white collar bigwigs at secretarial level are about to get the walking out papers, they say.

Blues and Greens to be together at coming polls?

The Betel leaf party leadership summoned all Western Province local politicos seeking party candidacy at the upcoming PC polls for a powwow recently. Eighteen sitting PC members and several Blue party front-liners had attended this meeting, they say.

He wants the whizz kid back in action

A few members of the once prestigious now defunct CCS had forayed into politics in our country from time to time. It may be news for some particularly those belonging to the younger generation that the last surviving member from that rare tribe happens to be a senior member of yahapalanaya top team. He is a holder of a doctorate too.

Just deserts for those behind the misleading gazette

A highly controversial gazette notification has now turned the T-bond issue into a tangle within a tangle.

A comforting prediction from a failed astrologer

The youngster of the former royal family, now a Diyawanna member had rung up the onetime family astrologer who was ditched after the last big poll.

Waiting for Saturn’s exit

A certain state purohita is said to have gone into ecstasy following a strong rumour that a reshuffle of the top team is in the offing.

He now frequents night clubs

A young handsome purohita holding a key portfolio has of late taken to a happy-go-lucky life style. He has now become a regular patron of some night clubs and is enjoying himself throwing all cares to the four winds.