Daily mirror report on plantation workers’ payments comes to limelight in Parliament

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Colombo, Nov. 13 (Daily Mirror) - The story published by the Daily Mirror yesterday (November 12, 2025) under the title 'SJB MP seeks bribery. Audit inquiry into Rs. 56 billion allocation for estate workers" came to the limelight in Parliament today when Deputy Minister Sugath Thilakaratne quoted it. 

The Deputy Minister, who responded to SJB MP Rohini Kaviratne, who said she is seeking the intervention of the Bribery Commission and an audit query on this proposal to increase the salaries of plantation workers.

“This is not done,” the Deputy Minister said and added, "We have noticed that the opposition has begun to attack us on this budget proposal to increase the daily wages of the plantation workers. They question us as to how we could transfer funds to the plantation companies. However, some plantation workers have gone against the opposition because of their criticism and have gone into the extent of dashing coconuts."