Vasu got maddened with Ranil

Democratic Left Front (DLF)Leader Vasudeva Nanayakkara and Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe involved themselves in a harsh exchange of words in Parliament yesterday.

The duo started the verbal fight with each other during cross talk over the urge for an immediate debate in the House on the report by the panel of lawyers who probed the disputable Central Bank (CB)bond issue.

Parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who rose on a point of order, appeared to be extremely angry after the Premier made certain comments asking him to sit down. He responded at the PM with a long lecture for a few minutes.

At one point, MP Nanayakkara stated, “Who the hell are you ask me to sit down?

The PM also replied, but his wordings could not be heard properly in the press gallery seemingly due to his mike being switched off at the time. Nevertheless, once he was heard saying, “You have not shaved your beard even. At least, shave your beard and come.”

It was a moment of hilarious for some opposition and government members as they laughed gleefully and thumbed their desks upon hearing various remarks during the cross talks marked with certain vulgarism at times.

The public gallery was full of school children at the time, and Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa alerted it to the House.

“Please mind that there are school children in the gallery viewing the proceedings,” he stated.