Do you know who this Bicycle Politico is?
Posted on January 20th, 2010

By Kramavedi ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Matara.

It was a period in which a mere chit put the country in darkness, scared the people and the people were subjected to murder in a contest by the State Terrorist outfits such as Green Tigers, Yellow Cats, and Pra etc.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Amidst these death warnings and threats the son of a powerful politician established over one hundred party organizations throughout the electorate.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  In such a situation, on the recommendation of Anura Bandaranaike this person came to the area being appointed as a Co-Organisor of the electorate.

When he came to the electorate he was not familiar with the people of the area and also he neither possessed a house of his own nor any mode of vehicle.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He travelled in the area in a bicycle.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  When he had to go to distant places, he travelled in a vehicle of a party supporter or travelled by train.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He resided in a house owned by a relative and this house which had only two rooms, a sitting area and kitchen was furnished with only two single-beds, and four cane chairs.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  There was no sufficient pots and pans in the kitchen and when there were visitors or where there was an occasion he had to borrow pots and pans from the neighbours or from known people. As he appeared as a politician of the downtrodden on those days many experienced politicians volunteered to help him and introduce him to the people of the area.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  One of them (a strong and a very popular politician) from the neighbouring district visited him several days of the week, took this new politico to introduce him to his relatives and many people known to him in the district. During the 1989 General Election since this politico did not have sufficient resources some of his supporters together with his mother went to meet the businessmen and party supporters for fund collection.

Upon gradually strengthening his political clout, hacked the innocent politician who established over one hundred party organization amidst death threats and obtained nomination for the 1989 General Election.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He became second in the election and envious of the candidate who came first started scheming to hack this person despite the assistance and help this experienced politician extended to him when he was a novice.

Significant changes were evident in him after he became a Member of Parliament.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Gradually he trekked towards a luxurious life by using the privileges entitled to an MP.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  As the vehicle entitled for an MP he selected a luxury vehicle which could not be taken on many roads in the district. He moved to a new house saying that it belongs to a relative and upon constructing an upper floor in the house he restrained the possibility of people meeting him by occupying the upper floor. Steadily he became closer to the new leadership of the party.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  In the 1994 General Election he became fourth among the five members got elected from the party.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Since he had become an obliging stooge of the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-TopmostƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ he was given a powerful Ministry overlooking the experienced and popular politicians and those who obtained more votes in the election. Upon becoming a Minister, in place of the former Bicycle Politician, an entirely new, arrogant and lavish politician came into being.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Immediately he obtained one of the most luxurious Jeeps as his official vehicle.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Formed a clique of people to hand around him and he would approve and do whatever he commands.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The people were unable to meet him other than through the influence of this ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-ringƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Due to these difficulties the people started calling this ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-ringƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ as ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-VatapadayasƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. In the meanwhile, he made every effort to hack politically and impose impediments through his beloved ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-TopmostƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ to the strong and popular politician who even neglecting his personal activities visited him several days of the week from the neighbouring district and helped him in his political rise, and also to the experienced and popular politician of the district.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Once he also attempted to confine the neighbouring districtƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s popular politician to regional politics and hold him away from involvement in national politics.

After becoming a Minister, each and every action of this politico was signified with waste and unnecessary expenditure.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He needed several floors in a supra-luxury modern building in Colombo to maintain his offices.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  An elevator costing several million rupees was installed in his official residence for this Bicycle Politico to climb to the upper floor.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  His prime duty was covering the deficiencies of the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-TopmostƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚ and white-washing the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-TopmostƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  In this effort, he brought down a white-skinned guy ignorant of anything about Sri Lanka and spent several million rupees from the funds of an Institution under his Ministry to write a book on the ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-TopmostƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚. Once he attempted to make his mother as the Chairman of the Urban Council.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  This attempt failed because another candidate from the same party obtained more preference votes than his mother.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  In the next Local Government election held after this incident, he attempted to make one of his stooges as the Chairman denying the opportunity to the legitimate candidate who obtained highest preference votes.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  This attempt did not succeed because Minister Gajadheera, the respective candidate and their supporters stages a Satyagraha at the Urban Council premises. Although he made some statements through media on the 2005 Presidential Election, there were no organized campaign activities within the District.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  During the 2004 General Election this politico used a large number of vehicles for his own political campaign and there were a large number of people attending to political work at his house and in several other houses.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  However, there were no such vehicles no activities during the 2005 Presidential Election. Despite the past activities against him, the President offered a Ministerial portfolio bringing the most important Ministries under this person.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He used these Ministerial powers only to disrupt the friendly relations the President had for several decades with certain countries.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Another vicious act made by him was to interrupt and slow down the construction of PresidentƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s pet project, the Hambantota Harbour project.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  There is a strong rumour that he did this because he got nurtured by the Singapore Harbour authorities.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Since he acted to disrupt President long established relations with friendly countries and to interrupt the construction activities of the Hambantota Harbour, the President had no alternative but to remove the Ministerial portfolio this politico held. Nevertheless, on the request of many senior politicians in the Party, the President agreed to appoint him for another Ministerial portfolio and this politico too consented to accept the new Ministry.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Instead of coming to take oaths on the new Ministry at the scheduled time, he went and joined the Opposition Leader whom he had been highly critical of corruption and abuse of power, and even went to Bribery Commission to complain against his alleged corruptions.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Some people in the District relate that he did not accept the new Ministry on the grounds of Caste factor.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  The reason being that if he accepted that Ministry he will have to invariably server a Caste which is the majority Caste and the lifeline in Sri Lanka and because he despises this Caste. From then onwards his prime duty has been to display a foreign slavish stance and to sling mud on President and his family members following the politics of the Opposition Leader.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  All his allegations against the President and his family members have proved to be baseless illusions.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Despite repeated challenges made to prove these allegations he keeps mum on it and is unable to prove them. This politico once condemned the Norwegians as Salmon eating fools, adopted a highly despicable vicious attitude the war against the tiger terrorists.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Inside the Parliament as well as in other places he condemned the war as a futile effort, wasting the resources of the country and sacrificing the life of the soldiers. Since the Defense Secretary rejected his request for providing helicopters for Tamilselvan and other terrorist leaders to travel to North and other places as it was provided during Ranil WickremasingheƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s tenure, the Defense Secretary became a target for his baseless allegations and condemnation. The former Commander became a target for his strong condemnation and continuous criticisms. He blasted him as a person not even fit to lead the Salvation Army.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  When Tamilselvan was killed by Air Force bombing, he expressed his dismay about it.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  When the war was ended with the killing of Prabhakaran, he demanded that the rescued Northern people should be allowed to go to their own villages instead of keeping them in the Camps.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He also charged that the government was planning to settle down Sinhalese people in the North by keeping the rescued people confined to Camps.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He even predicted that although Prabhakaran was killed hundreds of Prabhakarans will sprout.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Many people in the District claim that he is acting like this because a deceased well known person of Velvettiturai was related to him as an uncle and he may even be related to Prabhakaran due to this relationship. He strongly criticized S.B.Dissanayake claiming that he had built a palace in Hanguranketa.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  During the 2001 General Election this was the main allegation he presented.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It is that this politico who commenced his political career as Bicycle Politician has built a large palatial residence in the Panadura area.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It is also known that he held a grand celebration at this palatial residence in which all vicious politicians envious of the President attended.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It is a valid question being asked by the people of the District from where he gets funds to build such a palatial residence, to maintain several Websites to criticize the President and the government and to sustain the extravagant life he now enjoys.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He has told his supporters, especially the clique known as Vatapadayas that this is an ordinary house and it belongs to his late brother.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  This brother passed away almost four years ago and his death occurred during the Presidential Election period in 2005.

This politico who blasts about wastage and misuse of government properties, was an icon of the same thing.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  When he happened to visit the District during the recent past as a powerful Minister, hundreds of Police personnel were deployed to control traffic in the main City.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He sped through the roads in a bullet proof vehicle and there were scores of Commandos in several Jeeps and back up vehicles surrounding his vehicle.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  It is not wrong to say that he was the only Minister who wasted and misused government property. His only job now is to spread baseless rumours and present unfounded allegations against the President and his family members.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He is deaf to repeated challenges being made to prove these allegations.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  He is now attempting to become the Local Goebles similar to the German Goebles who spread false rumours and drove the German nationals towards the path of their destruction.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  His only objective is to destroy the image of the President who saved our nation, destroyed the terrorist menace from this country and unified Sri Lanka as one nation under one flag. When the Telecommunication Department became Telecom it was known among everyone in that field that were huge financial transactions.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚  Do you know who was the Minister who obtained a Credit Card from the Chief Executive Officer of Telecom and bought various things for him and his friends utilizing this Credit Card locally and in overseas.

Do you know who this bicycle (now millionaire) politico is?

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