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Bandaranaikes
in control and will take the decisions: Anura Addressing
a meeting in Gampaha, Mr. Bandaranaike said that in India 80% of
the population is Hindu but a lady from Italy was elected as leader
not because of her special abilities but because she had Gandhi
as her name and she was the daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi and
the wife of Rajiv Gandhi. He
was speaking at a meeting organised to compensate 119 persons, in
the Gampaha district, who have been victimized due to their political
affiliations during the period 2001-04. The compensation amounted
to over Rs. 8 million. The SLFP is a party that is in the blood stream of the Bandaranaikes. My father who was in the party died and my mother’s civic rights were abolished. My sister’s husband was killed and my sister lost an eye. Thus this party cannot be changed as it has been saved by the Bandaranaikes at the risk of their lives, he said. “The people of Gampaha elected the world’s first PM. They elected two members of the same family to lead the country and the Bandaranaikes will neither desert the people of this country nor the people of Gampaha. If I have taken any decision concerning the country it was with the blessings of the President”, he said. “We have never robbed or killed or even attacked the people. Though I count 30 years in politics I never visited a police station due to any terror acts. That is how we have done politics. It is learnt that the LTTE is bracing for war right now but I am not certain about the truth of it. Had my father’s B-C pact been signed then, there would have been no war today”, Mr. Bandaranaike said. He said the President had sent a message to say it is a pity that compensation has to be paid to the victims of political rivalry in a country that is noted for its Parliamentary system where parliamentary democracy has to be respected and its politics should be at a high standard. |
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