The Hon. (Dr.) Namal Sudarshana - Deputy Minister of Women and Child Affairs
He cited a Gunadasa Kapuge song to argue against divisions based on ethnicity, religion, and region. He said the Budget should treat all communities across the North, South, and East equally as citizens of one country.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please allow me one more minute, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 02 I recall a song by Gunadasa Kapuge whose meaning fits today even more:
¶ 03 “Are there fish on the peacock garland? Do we still get a leaf of mallum in the pot today?
¶ 04 Some communities only ever had the ‘pot aunt’s’ consideration.
¶ 05 When do we get to call this whole country ‘Mother’? Do not sow divisions among the children of the same tree…”
¶ 06 Past rulers divided people by ethnicity, religion, and region. Today we seek a Budget that lets every community — North, South, East, all — be addressed as “children” of one motherland. Thank you.
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- Hansard, Friday, 14 November 2025 ·No. 22848 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Namal Sudarshana - Deputy Minister of Women and Child Affairs. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 14 November 2025. No. 22848. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20730