The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe responded to allegations concerning a land matter by referring to documents he said established ownership of the relevant plots. He stated that one portion related to the D.A. Rajapaksa Stadium at Diyagama and that other portions were held in the name of Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa, later re-registered on 10 October 2023 to Samararatna Kodikara and sold at various prices. He tabled eight title deeds connected to the land, including deeds referencing Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa and the Sri Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, in recent days, my name was mentioned here regarding a land matter, and the media made continuous allegations. I previously tabled documents about this land’s ownership. It is clear that one portion is to the D.A. Rajapaksa Stadium at Diyagama, and other portions belong to Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa as per the deeds.
¶ 02 Please allow me a minute to conclude, Hon. Deputy Chairperson.
¶ 03 On 10 October 2023, all these plots were re‑registered to a Mr. Samararatna Kodikara of S.D.S. Jayasinghe Mawatha, Dehiwala, and have been sold at various prices. I have received eight title deeds connected to this land. The first deed states:
¶ 04 “Deed … Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa, residing at ‘Carlton’, Tangalle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka …”
¶ 05 It also states:
¶ 06 “… Sri Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Manel Watta, Kelaniya, Western Province …”
¶ 07 and:
¶ 08 “… executed at Colombo on 05 February 2012.”
¶ 09 I table all these deeds now.
¶ 10 [Placed in the Library.]
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Cite as: The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2025. No. 1747807095041246. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/3907