MR's return to politics not a worry: Ven. Rathana Thera

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The National Council for a Better Tomorrow Chairman Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today they would not be worried if former president Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to politics by contesting at the general elections.

He told a media briefing at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute that the only problem they had was the party through which Mr. Rajapaksa would contest.

“It is not important if he contests or not. We have no intention of teaming up with politicians accused of being thugs, drug dealers, ethanol importers and rapists. We will have nothing to do with the former president if he intends working with the same set of corrupt politicians who were with him till his downfall. We are keeping on the political developments,” the Thera said. (Piyumi Fonseka)

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Comments - 6

Ranga Tuesday, 30 June 2015 04:50 PM

Dont talk much about drugs. Your golaya was caught red handed

Mick Tuesday, 30 June 2015 05:56 PM

Yes JHU will be history after 17th Aug

Prem Nath Tuesday, 30 June 2015 06:33 PM

Hopping on and off any bandwagon is second nature here.

Gayan Tuesday, 30 June 2015 06:51 PM

Where is your "estacy" secretary?

ndissanayke Wednesday, 01 July 2015 10:36 AM

just go through hundreds of paper articles to see as to how they criticized Rajapakasa regime earlier.

Aruna Thursday, 02 July 2015 01:32 PM

This monk and the rest is looking for survival.

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