{"id":97134,"date":"2019-12-31T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T23:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=97134"},"modified":"2019-12-31T17:12:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:12:27","slug":"did-janani-rob-sajiths-campaign-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/12\/31\/did-janani-rob-sajiths-campaign-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Janani rob Sajith\u2019s Campaign Funds?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By : A.A.M.,NIZAM \u2013 MATARA. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

May the New Year 2020 be peaceful, harmonious,\nhappy and prosperous to all Lankaweb readers throughout the year.!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a tradition and customary\nfor any decent politician to even after suffering a defeat to thank the voters\nfor supporting him\/her in the election and wish them good luck. We have seen it\nhappening in foreign countries as well as in Sri Sri Lanka after all the\nprevious elections.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, this tradition was\nviolated after the recent presidential election by both Tamils supported UNP\ncandidate Sajith Premadasa and the 3% Anura Kumara Dissanayake who thinks that he\nis omniscient and who deceived the people in his first meeting on 18th<\/sup>\nAugust by filling the Galle Face greens with cunningly ferried school children.\nJVP remaining can be understandable because they are a lot of vagabonds but not\nSajith Premadasa because he was a candidate of one of Sri Lanka\u2019s\noldest political parties.   \nExtinguishing him <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UNP supporters who spent\ntheir time and energy, contributed even the scarce resources they had and,\nspent the nights in erecting stages, taxied people to the meetings with various\npromises (those who are called as Dara diya aedda people) were dumbfounded\nover the missing of their candidate for almost one month and some were reported\nto have wondered whether the powerful dynamo he claimed he was and hence he can\nwork continuously from 4.00a.m. to midnight and every day of the week had\nbroken down somewhere and whether he could have committed somewhere unable to\novercome the humiliation he suffered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maharaja TV and Radio network\nwere also reported to have been searching for the candidate they extensively\nsupported and were in quandary as to whether all there plans to make him their\ndocile puppet after elections have gone astray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was in such an uncertain and\nunimaginable situation that the Ven. Bopitiye Dammissara Thera Chairman of the\nUnited National Party (UNP) Bhikku Peramuna had gone with some other Buddhist\nmonks of his organisation in search of Sajith Premadasa and located him\nsomewhere.  The Ven.Thero addressing the\nmedia revealed that Sajith Premadasa told him that he was hiding for almost one\nmonth, deliberately not answering all incoming calls as well because he has to\nreturn Rs. 260 Million he borrowed\/collected for the election campaign The Ven.\nThero has advised him not to be a coward, gutless, and spineless person and has\nasked him to come out and boldly face the reality.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this revelation the\nMaharajas too became energized and facilitated him to address the masses with\nthe first meeting of coming out of the cocoon from their proxy Marikkar\u2019s\nelectorate Kolonnawa and it was followed by meetings in several other places\nbut they were \u2018one-man shows\u2019 and his erstwhile supporters such as Harin\nFernando, Mangala Samaraweera, Pa.Cha.Ranawaka, Ajith P. Perera, Sujeewa\nSenasinghe, Talata Atukorale, Chandrani Wijebandara, Hesha  Vithabage et al were not to be seen at these\npoorly attended meetings compared to his election campaign meetings.  He claimed that the reason for his defeat was\ndue to pulling from his leg by UNP big wigs and alleged that some people in the\nUNP swindled the funds collected for his election campaign,  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UNP General Secretary Akila\nViraj Kariyawasam quickly responded to this allegation and said that Sirikotha\nprovided all infrastructure facilities and assistance requested by Sajith\nPremadasa and the fund collection was solely handled by Sajith Premadasa\u2019s\npersonal campaign office that was in Vauxhall Street and the former UNP General\nSecretary who became notorious as a \u2018document forger\u2019 was in charge of that\noffice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, a news item posted in\nthe UNP\u2019s London\nbased website Lanka E News (LEN) under the title Janani <\/strong>plunders election money and buys\nproperties\u201d <\/strong>said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many first ladies who abused\npolitical power. Lady Imelda Marcos of Philippine is one such. I dodnt have\n3000 shoe pairs, I only had 1060, Even if I win or lose I will go shopping\u201d\nsaid Imelda Marcos in a press briefing. There are many first ladies who went\nfor shopping despite win or lose. One such lady who was born in Sri Lanka has\nbroken even Imelda\u2019s record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sajith appointed his wife Jalani to collect\ncash funds received for elections. More funds were directly received by Jalani.\nA part of his residence at Sajith\u2019s Vahaull\n street office reserved for this transactions.\nJalani\u2019s siblings too were there to manage this bulk of funds received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finger print access locks were fixed to\nJalani\u2019s Vaxhaull street\noffice. Those rooms were opened only to prince\u2019s who brought ready cash.\nDespite large funds received Vahaull\n street was full of pandemonium and chaos. Donors\nwho worked for credit fought with each other. Despite funds received Sajith\nalways lamented as out of money. Although people didn\u2019t ask directly from him\nbut thought without money why the hell he became the presidential candidate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sajith\u2019s sister Dulanjalie revealed an\nimplausible truth about Sajith\u2019s funds. Dulanjalie lamented this to one of her\nfriends. According to Dulanjalie, Jalani has spent nothing on Sajith\u2019s\npresidential campaign. Since Sajith was on post won mentality that he did not\nthink much about the advertising campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jalani who plundered the election money has\nbought properties all over the country. She has bought one of her beauty solon\nout rightly. Jalani who plundered the money made a wonderful story. She said it\nwas Ranil who plundered the money with Nalin Bandara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally Sajith who got saddened over his\nwife\u2019s theft isolated himself. Sajith who could not say that his wife plundered\nRs. 260 million, said that he owes Rs, 260 million. He said he is deprived of\npolitics. Every scapegoat knows that he cannot demand the money given for\nelection campaigns. Therefore the owing story is false. Meantime anyone who is\ndeprived of politics would not cry demanding the party leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Jalani who plundered election money\nanyone could imagine the fate of the country if Janlani becomes the first lady\nof the country. Sajith who was clumsy until his wife plundered the money, could\nimagine the future of this country if Sajith becomes the head of the state, in\nshort Sajith has proved that he is a person not beyond his worn out slippers\nand attendant suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile a news item published by Lanka\nNewsweek.com\u201d  posed the following\nquestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nHow did Jalani find\n350 million when her Husband was a debtor..?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nWas Sajith’s debt of Rs.270 million due to\nJalani’s acquiring “Jaal Saloon” for 350 million..?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nThe\nSalon had been bought under the name of a relative of Lakshman Fonseka<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nSajith\nPremadasa spoke to President to escape from cases<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nDid\nSajith borrow Rs. 270 million to pay from the public money after becoming the\nPresident..?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nWho\nlent him millions and for what purpose..?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On 17th<\/sup> December, 2016, almost three years before\nthe November elections the website Colombo Telegraph published a news item\ntitled How Did Sajith Premadasa Amass So Much Wealth? Petition Seeks To\nClarify\u201d The news item is appended below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A petition against Minister of Housing and Construction and\nMP of Hambantota Sajith Premadasa<\/a>\u2018s accumulated wealth has been finalized to be submitted for\ninvestigation by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or\nCorruption (CIABOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Sajith Premadasa\u2019s recent spending habits and doling\nof massive amounts in cash donations to temples has raised suspicion as to how\nhe had accumulated such wealth despite being a mere politician. The petition is\nalso been made to investigate those that may gifted monies to Minister Sajith\nPremadasa over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to public knowledge his father the late President\nRanasinghe Premadasa was a career politician who did not amass wealth prior to his\nmurder on the 1st of May 1993 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before entering into politics the former President\u2019s only\nbusiness dealings were to have sold a traditional sweetmeat as a street vendor\ncalled lavaria during his youthful days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of lawyers, retired politicians and concerned\ncitizens have now convened to compile a dossier of information pertaining to\nthe mass of wealth acquired by the current Housing and Construction Minister\nSajith Premadasa and will be submitted to the Bribery Commission for\ninvestigation shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is still to be established if these monies now lavishly\nbeen spent are black monies that belonged to his late father or if they are the\nill-gotten wealth that Minister Sajth Premadasa has acquired since entering\ninto politics in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colombo Telegraph reliably learns that there are many other\npetitions currently being compiled for submission regarding other politicians\ncurrently in service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for the collective said that they were awaiting\nthe application of the Right To Information bill, in order to further pursue\ntheir investigation. We are waiting till it properly gets underway so\nthat it would be mandated by law to provide the public with how this man found\nso much money to doll out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all information about Sajith let us now look at who is\nthis Janani who claims even before the election that she will be the next First\nLady of this country as it was published in Island\nweekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Island journalist Zinta\nCaree1m says that She’s\ntalented, vivacious and motivated and is always bitten by the beauty bug. To\nthe surprise of many she decided to open a state- of-the -art salon and Jalani\nlooks every inch the dynamic entrepreneur who took an active interest in her\nmother’s interior decor company “Hem Decor.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her lifetime passion\nis to look beautiful and make other people look beautiful and see everything\nbeautiful for which she has found an apt niche in the beauty business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born into a staunchly\nbusiness oriented family, she has no formal training but she did find an\nabiding interest to start a beauty venture of her own, which is challenging of\ncourse, she says. “It is rather a competitive business but healthy\ncompetition is an initiative for making a business thrive” she asserts.\nPerhaps it is a mix of passion and instinct that is the inspiration for her\nenterprise. “I always want to try out new things, explore new places and\nthis is something totally new and I feel I would create a positive niche in\nhair and beauty culture” said Jalani with confidence. My friend and\nhairdresser Priyantha persuaded me and my keen eye saw the opportunity and\nnecessity for a totally new look salon. Somehow the idea became more positive\nand palatable, and finally it was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Situated at Maitland Crescent\nthis hair and beauty salon includes a nail spa, body spa and the salon includes\nthe A to Z of beauty and hair culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A perfectionist by\nnature, her recipe to success is talent, professionalism maintaining high\nstandards and sticking to good products and good service she says firmly. She\nmaintains the charges will be on par with other popular salons in Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For my clients\nthis salon will be an experience by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What sets Jalani’s\nsalon apart from the rest is the modern beauty machine called PPX. This machine\nis the first of its kind in Sri Lanka and is capable of performing all the\nbeauty needs such as permanent hair removal, pigmentation, black heads,\nvaricose veins and several other things related to beauty and to well being.\nThe results will be amazing”, she declares with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are no\nside effects, hardly any pain, nothing surgical at all with quality emphasised\nand only the best is being utilized” she says confidently. It will\nrejuvenate your skin and you can feel a drastic transformation in the texture.\nShe maintains of course this business concept is born out of her natural acumen\nfor professionalism. This is evident in her facial expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name of the salon\nqueried, she smiles and says “I will keep it private until the formal\nopening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior is\ndesigned by Architect Asoka Perera in collaboration with Jalani and is in gold\nand white, definitely a trend setting urban juxtaposition of elements of\nelegance and style – it certainly fulfils Jalani’s aim to create a relaxed\nambience where you let your hair down destress and rejuvenate and be a part of\nthe lifestyle experience, is Jalani’s concept behind this salon. Talking to\nPriyantha who was all excited about this venture said there is a professional\nstaff of beauticians and hairdressers, therapists to give the best of their\nexperience to their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A special bridal\nsection for bridal make up, hair and beauty, saree draping are also set up. A professional\nmake-up artists especially flown in from India will be working in the salon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A perfectionist by\nnature, Jalani exudes charm and confidence. She will be using the best products\nfrom France.\nWith a supportive husband, who is her strengthen and a family to back her\nJalani Premadasa we are sure will create a new dimension in hair and beauty\nculture. With the assurance, focus and determination she radiates. Will Jalani\nchange the face of the beauty conscious be if man or woman? Definitely yes is\nour assumption and we wish her all success in her new venture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By : A.A.M.,NIZAM \u2013 MATARA. May the New Year 2020 be peaceful, harmonious, happy and prosperous to all Lankaweb readers throughout the year.! It is a tradition and customary for any decent politician to even after suffering a defeat to thank the voters for supporting him\/her in the election and wish them good luck. We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aamnizam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97134","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=97134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}