The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law - Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
Hon. Sunil Watagala criticized remarks by Hon. Namal Rajapaksa in Beruwala, alleging that past incidents such as the violence in Dharga Town and attacks on a Provincial Councillor’s farm reflected the fomenting of racism. He said the NPP would oppose falsehoods and narrow racist politics, asserting that such politics should not be allowed to derail the country.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Yes, marketing indeed. Let me conclude: yesterday Hon. Namal Rajapaksa went to Beruwala saying, “We are friends now; we are not racists; look at our history.” We remember Dharga Town being burned; their crowd did that. A Provincial Councillor’s farm was attacked; rabbits were slaughtered. That is how racism was fomented.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, for seven decades weeds were planted on soil where truth should have grown. Now the condition has changed—we will not let falsehood flourish where truth must be planted. The NPP will not allow narrow, racist politics to derail this country.
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law - Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 August 2025. No. 1754902606038704. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27923