Cold war between the Rajapaksa brothers

Thursday, 03 May 2012 

Lanka News Web learns that Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa are close to a show down.

The situation has been caused by Basil’s support towards Minister Mervyn Silva in Kelaniya and Gotabhaya’s move to help the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha members against Mervyn.

It is learnt that basil has objected to the appointment of another person to replace Mervyn as the Kelaniya organizer.

Gotabhaya had recently proposed a programme to remove the unauthorized structures in the Negombo, Kelaniya and Gampaha areas, but has had to shelve the plans after Basil had objected to it.

The main behind Gotabhaya’s plan was to take control of two of Basil’s great supporters in the Gampaha District, Mervyn and Nimal Lansa.

It is learnt that Gotabhaya had made arrangements to arrest Mervyn’s and Nimal’s drug peddlers under the programme.