The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake objected to the allocation and relevance rulings during Question Time, arguing that lengthy answers and supplementary questions were being allowed on some topics while his question on power generation to reduce electricity bills for 600,000 consumers was blocked as irrelevant. He alleged inconsistent treatment, particularly in favour of NPP members.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I ask again. Under Question 5(a)(i), the main question is on paddy land filling. Nine minutes were taken to answer it. We are given two minutes. Then a second supplementary on fertilizer is asked and seven minutes are given. When I asked about power generation for reducing electricity bills for 600,000 consumers, I was blocked as “not relevant,” though it was relevant. When it is from the NPP, one rule—
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2026. No. 23269. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12944