10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Polonnaruwa· 21 May 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question Q.1770/2025: Rural Development Bureau Projects in Batticaloa District

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Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri criticized past development projects for allegedly prioritizing Ministers’ own districts and employment opportunities there, leading to public service issues. He asked on what basis the particular village had been selected for the proposed interventions.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, in past years we observed national needs being ignored when implementing development projects, with projects centred only in the Minister’s own district and employment priority given there, causing problems in the public service. My first supplementary is: on what basis was this village selected for these interventions?

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Hansard, Thursday, 21 May 2026 ·No. 23621 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 May 2026. No. 23621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/7313