Chandragupta’s brother says an indecent move at this stage

Chandragupta Thenuwara’s brother Indranatha today said his brother's decision to file a petition against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s citizenship was indecent at this juncture and said he could have done it some years ago.

Indranatha Thenuwara was responding to Prof. Thenuwara and L.A.C. Uyangoda who filed the writ petition disputing the citizenship of Mr. Rajapaksa.

Speaking at a news conference, Mr. Thenuwara said breaking the leg of a rival candidate cannot be accepted and said what should have been done was to contest and win.

Mr. Thenuwara said his brother may have been used by some other party to do such a thing and added that it was a disgrace to his reputation.

He said the petition was filed based on facts revealed by veteran journalist Victor Ivan to a local newspaper.