Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam objected to remarks by a Deputy Minister, saying they were unfounded and reflected conduct that had led the Opposition to boycott proceedings. He clarified that his earlier intervention concerned requests for support for young athletes facing practical barriers, including passports and funding for overseas travel, rather than allegations of irregularities. He cited examples involving a karate group, the Kiran kabaddi team, and an athlete named Sanjeev, and linked the Government’s conduct to its poor local election performance.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 The microphone has been given to someone else.
¶ 02 Mr. Speaker, it is exactly because of conduct by Ministers like this Deputy Minister that the entire Opposition has boycotted today. While we participate to make this debate productive, the Hon. Deputy Minister rushed in and made unfounded claims. I mentioned no irregularities; I appealed for support for children about to travel for karate who cannot even obtain passports, and about the Kiran kabaddi team that could not travel due to funds. In 2016, Sanjeev could not go abroad due to lack of money. I did not allege irregularities. Such unnecessary conduct is why your Government suffered a severe defeat at the local elections.
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Cite as: Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 June 2025. No. 1750929357043199. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14688