It was ideal grist to the opposition mill

The statement made by the battle-scarred hero now a purohita, attributing war crimes to a big one of the same tribe triggered a howl of angry protests from various quarters in the country and a highly ruffled Number One was compelled to publicly dissociate himself and yahapalanaya led by him from the serious allegation.

They choose what suits their purpose

The former tuition master, now the JO’s economic whizkid, called on the purohita currently handling finance to air a grievance of his.

Peace pact for their mutual benefit?

Two politicos in a certain area embroiled in a protracted rivalry had suddenly entered into a peace pact, they say.  

Quitting politics in disgust?

A certain fair Diyawanna member who was much in the news in the recent past has decided to quit politics to take up residence abroad.

It happened after all

A jail term staring in the face of a onetime white collar bigwig sent several individuals with close ties to him into jitters and they soon swung into action.   

They too are helpless

It was a high powered meeting of the big guns of the two main laterals of yahapalanaya.  The main purpose of the meeting was to look into the possibility of carrying forward the ‘unity’ for a further period. 

Finding the way to their heart through the stomach

A group of about 20 Green backbenchers was seen at a hotel named after a fish on the Mount Lavinia beach in an evening the other day.

Bid to use ‘poor relief’ to fund building project fails

Gabby Senior Banda from the hills who had to make it to Diyawanna through the ‘list’ the other day sought the approval of the top team for a supplementary estimate involving a hefty amount for putting up a headquarters for ‘the poor relief’ campaign. He also had proposed that the estimated expenditure be met from the monies available in the ‘poor relief’ bank. 

What he feared had happened

The district convention of the Blue party was held with much fanfare in the gem city recently. All party bigwigs and Diyawanna members from the district had been invited to the big event. 

Big Vig does it again

Number One in yahapalanaya recently invited the provincial chiefs to a confab to be followed by a dinner.

There are more ways than the obvious one

Eastern provincial chief had recently received an urgent call from the Diyawanna opposition chief. 

They tell him the bitter truth

Four Betel leaf purohitas who are to quit yahapalanaya at an auspicious hour this month had a heart to heart chat with Number One following the last weekly meeting of the top team. 

Coaxed into occupying his official residence

Number One in yahapalanaya had recently paid a courtesy call on the grey haired-opposition leader from the North. 

Now the tail wags the dog

A certain politico serving time in a state-run lodge has now become ‘an unofficial authority’ and the staffers here have got used to meekly carrying out his ‘orders’, they say.

Yet another land grab

A certain politico had acquired an eight-acre block of land belonging to a place of religious worship.

Running with the hare and hunting with hounds

There is a Diyawanna member who is often referred to by his colleagues these days as the ‘double-gamer’.

Man on borrowed time on vengeance trail

This high-up serving in an acting capacity in a state institution spinning money for the government is a political appointee of a former purohita. 

His appointees to suffer the same fate

Lotteries had been tagged onto foreign affairs in a bizarre arrangement some time ago. 

Mosquitoes continue to bite them

About 10 orderlies - once referred to as peons – attached to a main government office in the city recently found to their shock and dismay that they had been suddenly transferred out to various other places.

Personal agenda versus public interest

Practically all opposition political parties are vehemently opposed to postponing the local and provincial polls.

Weighing their chances

Several Green and Betel leaf big guns, who have decided to swim together rather than sink together, found themselves in the thick of a discussion on the upcoming provincial polls in the council lobby the other day. 

Kettle and pot: Which one is blacker?

A top team purohita who had his portfolio changed in the recent reshuffle has come under fire from the powerful madam, they say.

Forewarned, they are forearmed

A group of yahapalanaya dissidents at purohita level had held a powwow behind locked doors at an official residence in the Nawala area the other day. 

First to do the somersault ahead of polls

There is widespread speculation in political circles that a Green party Diyawanna member from Pulasthipura, a namesake of a well-known electorate in Sabaragamuwa is about to quit his council seat to come forward as the Betel leaf chief purohita candidate at the upcoming provincial polls. 

Undiplomatic one is to get a diplomatic job

A high ranker who reached the topmost post in his department following a ding-dong battle last year has been asked to go by the Top Two in yahapalanaya, they say.

He has no time to represent his voters

There is a Diyawanna member who is referred to as ‘come and go’ these days.

He left the managing in safer hands

A business tycoon who is now at the centre of a raging controversy has handed over the management of a high-end hotel he owns to a close kinsman of a onetime powerful politico. 

A chance to mix pleasure with duty

A prominent top team purohita had taken the initiative to conduct a three-day work camp recently for the top white collar ones of the local bodies in the country.

He was jeered instead of cheered

A former powerful political leader attended a ceremony at a place of religious worship during a visit to the periphery the other day.

“A repeat of a chaotic era in history!”

A Buddhist monk from a District North of the central capital called on the former strongman the other day.