Ravi Rejected Bandula’s Allegation on…..

MP Gunawardena at a media conference organised by the Joint Opposition on 25 June displayed pieces of paper indicating them as lottery tickets. He stated that these alleged lottery tickets did not contain a draw date, draw numbers or winning numbers. He also stated that the said lottery was due to be drawn on 17 June and had been issued to the market. He said that those were false tickets.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake rejected UPFA Joint Opposition MP Bandula Gunawardana’s charges in Parliament yesterday that  Govisetha lottery tickets were printed without a draw date, draw number and winning numbers.

Issuing a ministerial statement, the Minister clarified to the House that no such printing was done and the Criminal Investigations Department was assigned to investigate the MP’s statement, which misleads the public and could have a serious impact on lottery sales.