Hon. Mano Ganesan, M.P.
Profession: Company Chairman
Speeches 69 #72 of 225·#25 in party
Attendance 2/8 days present (of recorded)
Top topic Parliamentary Procedure 24 speeches
Last spoke 21 May 2026 in Adjournment
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29 sittings · counts only, no scoring.
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Speech history
69 speeches- 8 May 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan briefly objected to a prior remark concerning a child, indicating concern about the manner in which the child had been referred to during the debate. Debate: Customs Ordinance - Resolution on Import Duties on Motor Vehicles Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 8 May 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan criticized the Minister’s response regarding the death of a child, arguing that the bereaved parents should not be blamed for not coming forward and urging authorities to visit them directly. He defended protesters seeking justice for the family, stating that they were not rioters or terrorists and that peaceful protest does not amount to taking the law into their own hands. He also objected to any implication in Parliament that the deceased child was mentally ill. Debate: Customs Ordinance - Resolution on Import Duties on Motor Vehicles Law & OrderJustice & Human Rights Read →
- 8 May 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan raised concern over ongoing protests outside a South Colombo girls’ school following the death by suicide of a student who had allegedly suffered sexual misconduct by a teacher and later public humiliation by a private tuition proprietor. He urged the Government not to use tear gas or water cannons against the protesters and called for an immediate special investigation by police and education officials. He also requested a fair, pressure-free inquiry, noting public concern that the tuition proprietor was linked to the governing party. Debate: Customs Ordinance - Resolution on Import Duties on Motor Vehicles Law & OrderJustice & Human RightsEducation Read →
- 8 April 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan asked the Minister to table in Parliament the MoUs referred to in the Minister’s statement, arguing that doing so would build public and parliamentary confidence. He noted that similar actions in the past had been criticized as “selling out,” and sought clarification and transparency by requesting that all such documents be submitted to Parliament. Oral Question: MSME Tariff Crisis and Trade Negotiations (SO 27(2)) Parliamentary ProcedurePublic Finance Read →
- 21 March 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan sought clarification during the Committee Stage from the President regarding his claim that the Opposition was making serious statements that could destabilize the economy. He asked the President to specify which statements he was referring to. Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage (Twenty-sixth Day) and Third Reading Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 21 March 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan said his party would vote against the Government’s maiden Budget, arguing that it contains expenditure without clear revenue and gives insufficient new provision for hill country Tamils, with much of the allocation tied to Indian-supported projects. He urged the Government to expand Tamil-medium classes in Colombo national schools, continue earlier hill country initiatives, permit reputed foreign universities to operate in Sri Lanka, and adopt pragmatic engagement on projects such as the Hambantota refinery and Trincomalee oil tanks. He also demanded that Minister Bimal Rathnayake table the alleged list of bar licences given as political bribes, while arguing that MPs require proper facilities and vehicles to perform their duties and that such facilities should not be demonized. He rejected suggestions that the Opposition’s absence during the Batalanda debate indicated support for former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, saying any wrongdoing should be pursued through legal action. Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage (Twenty-sixth Day) and Third Reading Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionPublic FinanceEducation Read →
- 14 March 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan responded to a reference to his name regarding the BOO housing matter, saying his comments were made out of concern rather than political hostility. He urged the Minister to continue the housing programme, recalling earlier discussions with the Indian Prime Minister and former High Commissioners that led to a pledge to build 10,000 houses. He welcomed the Minister’s commitment to proceed with the next phase and to provide ten perches of land, asking that these pledges be implemented. Appropriation Bill 2025: Committee Stage - Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure (Heads 135, 293, 337) Land & Housing Read →
- 14 March 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan urged the Government to use its parliamentary majority and ministerial representation from the Hill Country Tamil community to address long-standing estate sector marginalization through practical governance rather than political rhetoric. He cited past initiatives including seven-perch land allocations, individual housing and “New Villages,” new Pradeshiya Sabhas and Divisional Secretariats, amendments enabling local authority spending in estate areas, and land allocations for estate schools, calling for their continuation and implementation. He asked that Norwood Divisional Secretariat not be shifted, that estate roads and companies’ contributions be addressed, the NVDA be revitalized, and that promised wage increases and stakeholder status for estate workers be delivered. Appropriation Bill 2025: Committee Stage - Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure (Heads 135, 293, 337) Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionLand & HousingInfrastructure Read →
- 10 March 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan called for Government and Opposition cooperation to address the needs of disadvantaged communities, then urged the Prime Minister and Education Minister to act on long-standing Tamil-medium education issues in Colombo national schools. Citing Royal College, D.S. Senanayake College and Isipathana College, he argued that Tamil-medium classes are being reduced despite demand and resources, and requested increased Tamil-medium admissions, stronger staffing and management structures, and a special administrative focus for Tamil-medium education in cosmopolitan areas. He also proposed integrated schooling under one roof for Sinhala, Tamil and other communities, including by introducing Sinhala-medium sections in major Jaffna schools rather than maintaining separate schools. Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Seventeenth Allotted Day – Committee Stage Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionEducation Read →
- 5 March 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan urged that the issue of northern fishermen be included in the briefing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to Sri Lanka in April. He said the continued loss of property and marine resources is the main problem facing fishermen in the North, distinct from wartime circumstances, and called for discussions aimed at resolving it, offering full cooperation. Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Committee Stage Continued: Heads 124, 151, 331 Foreign AffairsEmployment Read →
- 1 March 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan moved the customary Rs. 10 cut to the relevant expenditure heads and urged the Ministry to treat national integration, social justice and equality as priorities alongside economic recovery and anti-corruption efforts. He called for constitutional reform and meaningful devolution within a united Sri Lanka, including strengthening the 13th Amendment, and asked the Government to dispel doubts about its commitment to devolution. He also emphasized full implementation of official language policy, proposing stronger use of the Official Languages Commission, Department of Official Languages and NILET to train and deploy language-skilled public officers and teachers so citizens can receive services in Sinhala or Tamil across the country. Committee of Supply: Ministry of Justice and National Integration (Head 110, Heads 228-236, Head 326) Cost of LivingEthnic Reconciliation & DevolutionCorruption & Governance Reform Read →
- 27 February 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan clarified that V.S. Radhakrishnan had participated in the proceedings on the relevant day, but was not present when the decision was taken. Adjournment: Motion on Prevention of Relocation of Norwood Divisional Secretariat to Hatton Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 27 February 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan moved an Adjournment Motion opposing reported plans to relocate the Norwood Divisional Secretariat in Nuwara Eliya District to Hatton. He said the Secretariat was established under Extraordinary Gazette No. 2147/28 of 29 October 2019 to serve 35 Grama Niladhari Divisions, largely plantation communities, by bringing public administration closer to marginalized residents. He asked whether the Minister was aware of the proposed move, whether it had Government approval, and whether any Coordinating Committee decision had been taken without public consultation, and requested that the relocation be stopped. Adjournment: Motion on Prevention of Relocation of Norwood Divisional Secretariat to Hatton InfrastructureParliamentary ProcedureEthnic Reconciliation & Devolution Read →
- 27 February 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan raised concern over an incident in Jaffna where four young men had reportedly gone missing and requested that their names be placed on record. He named them as Kaviyarasan of the Aaththisoodi Housing Scheme, Jaffna; Thenushan of Koddady, Jaffna; Prashanth of Karaiyur, Jaffna; and Kirubhagan of Karaiyur, Jaffna, and urged the authorities to clarify their whereabouts and take appropriate action. Debate: Committee Stage of the 2025 Appropriation Bill - Special Expenditure Heads (Heads 1-25) and Amendments Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 27 February 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan urged the Government to identify specific individuals accused of wrongdoing rather than generalizing about former MPs, while acknowledging its electoral mandate and the Opposition’s role in making proposals. He raised concerns about alleged discrimination and police abuse against Tamil estate residents in the Southern Province, citing the arrest and alleged assault of a 76-year-old at Sirisily A Estate, and requested senior police officers be instructed to address such practices. He also sought clarification on the Government’s positions on Provincial Council elections, the 13th Amendment, estate housing policy, and whether estate families would receive seven or ten perches of land, linking these issues to devolution and a future constitutional settlement. Debate: Committee Stage of the 2025 Appropriation Bill - Special Expenditure Heads (Heads 1-25) and Amendments Land & HousingLaw & OrderEthnic Reconciliation & Devolution Read →
- 24 February 2025 AI summary Hon. Mano Ganesan objected to references to the late Ranasinghe Premadasa and demands that his son apologise, calling such remarks inappropriate. He urged the Government to move beyond rhetoric and state concrete policies for hill country people, specifically asking for its land and housing plans, whether housing would be apartments or individual houses, and how much land would be allocated. Debate: Second Reading of Appropriation Bill, 2025 - Sixth Allotted Day Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionLand & Housing Read →
- 24 February 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan said Ministers had highlighted salary increases for various groups but had neglected estate workers, whom he described as the lowest-income earners. He argued that the promised Rs. 1,700 daily wage for plantation workers would not be achieved through statements alone and proposed reforming the plantation system into a cooperative model in which workers become partners. He also rejected criticism of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa’s record on hill country communities and asked the Government to state its land and housing policy for estate workers, including the extent of land to be allocated and whether housing would be individual units or apartments. Debate: Second Reading of Appropriation Bill, 2025 - Sixth Allotted Day Cost of LivingEmploymentLand & Housing Read →
- 24 February 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan argued that the Government should acknowledge policy shifts such as support for the open economy and projects in Trincomalee and Hambantota without selectively blaming past governments. He scrutinized the Budget allocation for hill country plantation communities, stating that much of the cited Rs. 7,522 million comes from prior Indian Government commitments, with only about Rs. 3,422 million from Sri Lankan funds, and asked for clarification on promised technical training allocations. He urged hill country Government MPs to focus on forward-looking action rather than blaming past representatives, and highlighted earlier efforts by the Tamil Progressive Alliance to secure Indian-funded housing and create new Pradeshiya Sabhas in Nuwara Eliya. Debate: Second Reading of Appropriation Bill, 2025 - Sixth Allotted Day Land & HousingEducationPublic Finance Read →
- 17 February 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan referred to an alleged inhuman incident and suggested the complainant may have agreed to a settlement out of fear. He told the Minister he would provide video evidence, asserting that it would substantiate the seriousness of the incident. Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill: Second Reading Justice & Human Rights Read →
- 17 February 2025 AI summary Mano Ganesan argued that while the Budget belongs to the Government, the Budget Debate is a parliamentary responsibility requiring Opposition participation. He asked that scheduling be handled fairly so Members can attend debates while also carrying out field responsibilities, clarifying that his concern was not about religious festivals, exams or New Year. Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill: Second Reading Parliamentary Procedure Read →