The Hon. T.K. Jayasundara
Hon. T.K. Jayasundara concluded his remarks by reciting a short poem he said he had seen on Facebook, linked to a reaction to an Opposition MP’s speech. He stated that he omitted an inappropriate final word and replaced it with “laddaru,” a traditional Sri Lankan sweet, while presenting the poem as a critical comment on disunity and failure to engage with the Budget.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will conclude with a short poem I saw on Facebook. I will omit its last word as it is not suitable for this House. Someone had written this as a comment after watching a speech by an Opposition MP. Since that final word is inappropriate here, I removed it and replaced it with the name of a well-known traditional Sri Lankan sweet from our history. The poet seems to have written it with a hint of anger.
¶ 02 Leaning, leaning on paddy stalks, Instead of uniting 89 hearts, Turning away from the people’s ranks, Alas, the Budget remains unseen — laddaru.
¶ 03 I replaced the final word with “laddaru,” a traditional food item. The original ended with a three-letter word which I will not say here.
¶ 04 Thank you.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 13 November 2025 ·No. 22816 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. T.K. Jayasundara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 13 November 2025. No. 22816. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27021