The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake apologized for omitting remarks about Hon. Krishnan Kalaichelvi, MP for Nuwara Eliya, and read supportive comments recognizing her as the first in her family to enter politics. He acknowledged her sacrifices, strength, and longstanding political dedication, noting his personal knowledge of her since childhood.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Madam, kindly grant me one minute. I made a serious omission: I failed to read the note for our Hon. Krishnan Kalaichelvi, MP for Nuwara Eliya. I regret this.
¶ 02 She is the first in her family to enter politics. Comments noted: “We are looking forward, we want you because our community must grow and be happy. Excellent talk,” and, “You have made great sacrifices—a very strong woman.” Another said, “Though small in stature, strong in spirit—our Chelchi akka.” I apologize for the earlier omission; I have known her since childhood and respect her devoted political work.
¶ 03 Thank you for the opportunity.
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Saturday, 8 March 2025 ·No. 1743142289059261 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/8265
Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 March 2025. No. 1743142289059261. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8265