Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam responded to remarks about his past affiliation with the SLFP, stating that he had never concealed it and rejecting any attempt to portray it as wrongdoing. He contrasted this with government members’ past praise of Mahinda Rajapaksa, urged the Deputy Minister not to engage in “cheap politics,” and referred to their previous cooperation against corruption in the District Development Committee. He also sought additional speaking time, questioning whether he would be interrupted again.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you very much, Sir.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Minister, it is widely known I was a member and electoral organizer of the SLFP; I hid nothing. If that is a crime, some of your own members praised former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on stage. Do not descend to cheap politics. I respect you; we worked closely against corruption when you chaired the District Development Committee. Perhaps you received wrong information.
¶ 03 Sir, may I have more time? Or will you stop me again?
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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/14699