Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, the oldest boy of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, challenged the federal government to prove in court if either he or his bro Yoshitha Rajapaksa have committed any misbehavior, instead of resorting to numerous eyeglasses for media.Rajapaksa accused the federal government of targeting his relative rather than attending to the countrys pushing issues.Speaking to the media following the court hearing involving his brother Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the MP declared that members of the current administration have also been involved in unlawfully acquiring land and have ongoing lawsuit against them.Law should be enacted equally on everybody, including them, Rajapaksa asserted, prompting the government not to politicize legal proceedings.He even more alleged that the federal government is looking for revenge against his family, particularly his sibling Yoshitha, while he himself is the one voicing criticism of the government in Parliament.
Namal declared that Yoshitha Rajapaksas recent arrest was nothing more than a media spectacle managed at the expenditure of public funds.Responding to a question whether hes trying to fail the government, Rajapaksa said: We are not the ones who turned pol sambol into a national crime, nor did we declare the rice lack was because of canines and felines consuming rice.
The failure of the government must be questioned by those who made such statements.Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda, who had been remanded in custody, was granted bail after being produced before the Colombo Magistrates Court today (27 ).
On January 25, Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested by CID officers in the Beliatta area under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, over a land ownership case.