{"id":156763,"date":"2026-06-13T03:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=156763"},"modified":"2026-06-13T03:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:50:32","slug":"archchuna-alleges-ltte-diaspora-funded-npp-rise-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/06\/13\/archchuna-alleges-ltte-diaspora-funded-npp-rise-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Archchuna alleges LTTE diaspora funded NPP rise to power"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/News_Images\/202606\/1781344511_9721696_hirunews.jpg\" alt=\"Archchuna+alleges+LTTE+diaspora+funded+NPP+rise+to+power\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Parliamentarian Archuna Ramanathan has claimed that funds to bring the National People\u2019s Power (NPP) into power were provided by the LTTE diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He alleged that the intention behind providing the funds was to re-establish E***m, adding that both the LTTE diaspora and the country have now been deceived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the \u2018Mehewaraka Pranama\u2019 event organized by Member of Parliament Rohitha Abeygunawardena, he further stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2026 that means the LTTE diaspora gave money to Tilvin not to put Suresh Sallay inside, but to put leaders like Mahinda inside. It was the diaspora that gave money for the NPP to come to power. We thought they would give Eelam. Not even E***m, this government cannot even give a piece of cloth. This is a government that lies to the entire country. We will not give them money again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Parliamentarian Archuna Ramanathan has claimed that funds to bring the National People\u2019s Power (NPP) into power were provided by the LTTE diaspora. He alleged that the intention behind providing the funds was to re-establish E***m, adding that both the LTTE diaspora and the country have now been deceived. Speaking at the \u2018Mehewaraka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jvp-anti-national-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156764,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156763\/revisions\/156764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}