Sittings marred by fisticuffs!

13 Dec 2019 - 0     - 259

Scuffles had broken out among the members of the same political party during the sittings of a people’s body of a main city in the West recently, they say.

Drunken revel held him up!

13 Dec 2019 - 0     - 182

A Pohottuwa purohita at state level had received a severe tongue-lashing from party supporters when he got about five hours late in attending a public meeting organized on his own initiative.

One-time official bungalow now a venue for political powwows!

13 Dec 2019 - 0     - 139

Unhappy that he can no longer go round the world!

13 Dec 2019 - 0     - 195

There is a white-collar high-up at the august assembly for whom life has become all gloom and despondency ever since a very high political authority had gone out of office, they say.

He has turned a blind eye to people’s suffering!

06 Dec 2019 - 0     - 343

This bigwig placed in charge of a province with a big city by a very high political authority has about 20 vehicles at his disposal and he is expected to look into the needs of the people in the province, but so far, he has not gone around the province where the people are badly affected by the flash floods, they say.

She was too haughty to introduce herself!

06 Dec 2019 - 0     - 375

This gabby politico sworn in as a purohita recently had appointed his wife as the private secretary

Eyeing a governorship!

05 Dec 2019 - 0     - 498

There is a security high-up now in retirement who claims that he is very popular among the people in the North.

Wedding bells for an active campaigner!

05 Dec 2019 - 0     - 448

This young former Green purohita from the Colombo District who was thick in the campaign for Saji was in for an acute disappointment when the latter lost, but he had scored a personal victory by winning the girl he fell in love with and was courting while engaged in electioneering, they say.

They didn’t take his threat seriously!

05 Dec 2019 - 0     - 286

A Pohottuwa stalwart, a former purohita, had threatened to take poison if he were overlooked when assigning top team portfolios, they say.

He didn’t remain neutral after all?

05 Dec 2019 - 0     - 251

Government top men going through a post-poll analysis have discovered to their surprise that Pohottuwa in Pulatisipura had polled about twenty to thirty thousand votes less than the estimated mark, they say.

Seeking deliverance from deities!

05 Dec 2019 - 0     - 192

This lady who held a high legal post has now fallen into hot water due to a private telephone conversation that has gone public.

Fortune spawns many friends!

04 Dec 2019 - 0     - 333

A large crowd of well-wishers flocked to the Wijerama Road official residence of the former strongman the other day on hearing that he was to be sworn in as the Number Two in the country.

A shake-up in the offing?

04 Dec 2019 - 0     - 265

The ‘Bell’ party is in turmoil, they say.The party stalwarts would have come to terms with the defeat. But what has hurt them immeasurably is the defeat being so bad as to lose the deposit. Most of them say that the Prince himself should take the rap for the debacle.

Both were losers!

29 Nov 2019 - 0     - 317

There were two leading Pohottuwa politicos in this particular district and they had been informed that only one of them could be offered a portfolio as the size of the interim top team had to be kept small. However, both had expressed the wish to have it!

Boos for a farewell!

29 Nov 2019 - 0     - 444

This white-collar high-up, a buddy of a former political authority in a gem-rich area had to quit his high position with the regime change.

Office peons and labourers working as drivers!

29 Nov 2019 - 0     - 232

This political authority while in office had given appointments to a number of his hangers-on as office peons and labourers and assigned them to 11 offices in the Western Province.

To quit politics in disgust?

27 Nov 2019 - 1     - 468

The fall of the government has led to chaos in the Green party.

Securing a national list seat!

27 Nov 2019 - 0     - 326

The Greens met the other day to hold a ‘post- mortem’ examination on the big poll results.

Looking for scapegoats!

27 Nov 2019 - 0     - 287

The Green backbenchers maintain that several persons who appeared on the campaign stage for Punchi Dasa were responsible for the latter’s defeat.

Left high and dry?

27 Nov 2019 - 0     - 322

The efforts made to pave the way for the former Number One to enter the Diyawanna council have gone haywire, they say.

He foresees a gloomy future!

27 Nov 2019 - 0     - 165

They all had gathered at a big posh official residence in the city for an important discussion the other day. Holders of top office in the political party, several other seniors and former governing ones were among them.

Stranded?

27 Nov 2019 - 0     - 162

The Kalutara rebel who cast his lot with the former Madam to protect the Blue party is said to be a highly disillusioned man these days.

A Judas discovered on time!

27 Nov 2019 - 0     - 182

A small group of loyalists of a gabby purohita rendezvoused at his Colombo 7 official residence on the eve of the big poll.

Fighting for his right

22 Nov 2019 - 0     - 314

This politico languishing in a state lodge had kicked up a big row with the lodge high-ups the other day when the latter turned down his plea for a special arrangement for him to cast his vote at the big poll, they say.

Dismayed over loss of perks

22 Nov 2019 - 0     - 342

A purohita at state level who is highly upset over the prospect of having to hand back the official vehicles he had been using is reportedly cursing his party chief for the impending loss of his office and perks.

Hogging the limelight

22 Nov 2019 - 0     - 325

The guest-politicos who attended a campaign rally held in the run up to the recent big poll in the premises of a toddy tavern in a historical city, had either to occupy the seats in the back rows or keep standing due to the local politico of the political party and his family members occupying all the front row seats, they say.

Treating subordinates as domestic servants

22 Nov 2019 - 0     - 230

The khaki men attached to a traffic division in the Matale area are a disgruntled lot being compelled to wait on their boss hand and foot even when they are off duty, they say.

High connections qualify them for special treatment!

15 Nov 2019 - 0     - 380

Two former high-ups now confined to the main state lodge for their involvement in a massacre are said to be leading a life of luxury in a well furbished special room. The authorities have provid

Thugs in the making?

15 Nov 2019 - 0     - 354

These two young sons of a prominent political family hailing from a newly built township have become big bullies and have got into the habit of tormenting others, but neither the school authorities nor the khaki personnel have taken any action against them, they say.

He is mum on who will win!

13 Nov 2019 - 0     - 447

The former strongman’s astrologer has now stopped making political predictions. However, he continues to serve the numerous clients calling on him for consultation from here and abroad.