The statement made by the battle-scarred hero now a purohita, attributing war crimes to a big one of the same tribe triggered a howl of angry protests from various quarters in the country and a highly ruffled Number One was compelled to publicly diss

The former tuition master, now the JO’s economic whizkid, called on the purohita currently handling finance to air a grievance of his.

Two politicos in a certain area embroiled in a protracted rivalry had suddenly entered into a peace pact, they say.  

A certain fair Diyawanna member who was much in the news in the recent past has decided to quit politics to take up residence abroad.

A jail term staring in the face of a onetime white collar bigwig sent several individuals with close ties to him into jitters and they soon swung into action.   

It was a high powered meeting of the big guns of the two main laterals of yahapalanaya.  The main purpose of the meeting was to look into the possibility of carrying forward the ‘unity’ for a further period. 

A group of about 20 Green backbenchers was seen at a hotel named after a fish on the Mount Lavinia beach in an evening the other day.

Gabby Senior Banda from the hills who had to make it to Diyawanna through the ‘list’ the other day sought the approval of the top team for a supplementary estimate involving a hefty amount for putting up a headquarters for ‘the poor

The district convention of the Blue party was held with much fanfare in the gem city recently. All party bigwigs and Diyawanna members from the district had been invited to the big event. 

Number One in yahapalanaya recently invited the provincial chiefs to a confab to be followed by a dinner.

Eastern provincial chief had recently received an urgent call from the Diyawanna opposition chief. 

Four Betel leaf purohitas who are to quit yahapalanaya at an auspicious hour this month had a heart to heart chat with Number One following the last weekly meeting of the top team. 

Number One in yahapalanaya had recently paid a courtesy call on the grey haired-opposition leader from the North. 

A certain politico serving time in a state-run lodge has now become ‘an unofficial authority’ and the staffers here have got used to meekly carrying out his ‘orders’, they say.

A certain politico had acquired an eight-acre block of land belonging to a place of religious worship.

There is a Diyawanna member who is often referred to by his colleagues these days as the ‘double-gamer’.

This high-up serving in an acting capacity in a state institution spinning money for the government is a political appointee of a former purohita. 

Lotteries had been tagged onto foreign affairs in a bizarre arrangement some time ago. 

About 10 orderlies - once referred to as peons – attached to a main government office in the city recently found to their shock and dismay that they had been suddenly transferred out to various other places.

Practically all opposition political parties are vehemently opposed to postponing the local and provincial polls.

Several Green and Betel leaf big guns, who have decided to swim together rather than sink together, found themselves in the thick of a discussion on the upcoming provincial polls in the council lobby the other day. 

A top team purohita who had his portfolio changed in the recent reshuffle has come under fire from the powerful madam, they say.

A group of yahapalanaya dissidents at purohita level had held a powwow behind locked doors at an official residence in the Nawala area the other day. 

There is widespread speculation in political circles that a Green party Diyawanna member from Pulasthipura, a namesake of a well-known electorate in Sabaragamuwa is about to quit his council seat to come forward as the Betel leaf chief purohita candi

A high ranker who reached the topmost post in his department following a ding-dong battle last year has been asked to go by the Top Two in yahapalanaya, they say.

There is a Diyawanna member who is referred to as ‘come and go’ these days.

A business tycoon who is now at the centre of a raging controversy has handed over the management of a high-end hotel he owns to a close kinsman of a onetime powerful politico. 

A prominent top team purohita had taken the initiative to conduct a three-day work camp recently for the top white collar ones of the local bodies in the country.

A former powerful political leader attended a ceremony at a place of religious worship during a visit to the periphery the other day.

A Buddhist monk from a District North of the central capital called on the former strongman the other day.