There is a move by the Telephone party leadership to marginalize three senior members elected from the district  South of Colombo, they say.

Two Diyawanna members of this threesome are being marginalized for they are said to be set  to accept high office from the government and therefore are showering praise on it.

The other Diyawanna member despite not facing any allegation, is said to be receiving the step-motherly treatment from the party for some unknown reason. Even a list of nominees for the local government poll given to the party by him had been thrown off. He is said to have gone off to sulk in Beruwela area, they say.

The party is said to have even unofficially declared the party’s election platform out of bounds for two of the threesome- one of them is a member who has declared that he would never suffer defeat and the other is known to describe himself as a lion, they say.