Legal action against those behind signing agreement: State Minister

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While assuring to shift the Agricultural Ministry from the rented out DPJ building to the Govi Jana Mandiraya, Agriculture State Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said today legal action would be taken against officials and politicians involved in signing the agreement to rent out the building in Welikada, Rajagiriya.

The minister told Parliament that his office was today shifted from the rented out building to the Govi Jana Mandiraya where the ministry was housed earlier and said steps would be taken to shift the whole ministry to the Govi Jana Mandiraya.

He was responding to a question raised by JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as why any action was not taken to remove the ministry from the DPJ building which was rented out at Rs. 23 million a month.

The Minister said there had been a fraud and corruption in renting out the building and added that it was an arbitrary action.

“We hope to take legal action against officials and politicians involved in signing the agreement to rent out the building. The farming community had not been benefitted from housing the ministry in a luxury building,” he said. (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)

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perera Thursday, 23 January 2020 10:11 PM

Good, also inland revenue should see if the owner of building paying taxes on these income

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chris Friday, 24 January 2020 07:48 AM

Implement the abandoned plan of making Battaramulla the administrative city. Even the presidnets house and prime miniserts house plus every single govt office should be moved to Battaramulla.

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Sambo Friday, 24 January 2020 08:07 AM

That's very trues Mr. Minister. The problem is action is not taken against some politicians for some reason.

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Tax Payer Friday, 24 January 2020 01:32 PM

Vidura, your planned action against the wrong doers is praiseworthy and the people are watching. Hope this won't be a media circus or a publicity stunt !

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