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This Diyawanna member, a high flier for several years, is unarguably credited with having contributed a sizable share towards bringing the previous regime to disrepute.

They say that a large number of employees in various sectors of the State cast their votes for a regime change for the sheer joy of watching the fall of this high flier from the high pedestal from where he looked down on the lesser mortals. 

Nowadays some people who know the juicy details relating to his ‘rags to riches’ career, swap anecdotes about him for amusement. When one recalls that there was a time when his cheques even for small amounts had bounced, another would ask, “Do you know that he had run a bill as high as Rs.2 million a day when he was staying at government expense in a five-star hotel in London?”

The latest story about this high flier doing rounds in political circles is that he has sent SMS’s to several bigwigs of the new government asking for an appointment to meet them. Those who know this high flier well say that it is a cinch that the man is seeking an escape route through a ‘GREAT BETRAYAL’