At a ceremony held to welcome the new SLFP organizer for Beruwala, M.M.M.Amjad, the Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said, that actor turned politician Vijaya Kumaratunga formed the Mahajana Party at the peak of his popularity and at a relatively young age.Hence he was able to attract a huge backing from voters young and old. But “Mr. Rajapaksa’s attempt to form a new party at this old age of 70 with a group of old and bankrupt followers is a big joke.
It had now became a haven for money launderers, rapists, thugs, rogue businessmen and tavern owners. There is no doubt that if this gang forms a new party, it will be funded by all these criminals and racketeers,” the minister said
They will be exposed at the forthcoming local government polls. It a pity that they had failed to realize that they are at the tail end of their political life and a large number of joint opposition members will not be seen in the next Parliament,” the minister said. “The modus operandi of the Rajapaksa gang in 2014 was to win elections by spreading racism and ethnic disharmony. This conspiracy was hatched by Gotabaya. He even sent a group to Beruwala to defeat me at the polls. Certain Muslim businessmen worked in cahoots with them. But a big majority of Muslims in Beruwala led by Amjad supported me and ensured my victory. That is why I recommended him to the President to be appointed as SLFP organizer in Beruwala,” he added. The minister said Mahinda and Gotabaya must be ashamed of being the sons of D.A. Rajapaksa because Rajapaksa senior was a great politician who never resorted to crime, racial hatred and anti-national activities and would wriggle in shame if he knew what his sons were doing today.
