‘Yaha Paalana’ govt gives advertising to Yoshitha!

 Tuesday, 26 May 2015

The ‘Yaha Paalana’ government is highly treating Magenta Advertising, whose major shareholder is Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second son Yoshitha, after it had done more than 60 per cent of

propaganda work of the former president at the last presidential election, reports say. 

At the influence of a top person in the government, advertising work of Litro Gas, whose major shareholder is the government, has been given to Magenta Advertising. Under this, Litro Gas has paid nearly Rs. 15 milion a month to Magenta Advertising.

When an employee inquired from Magenta Advertising’s managing director Prashan Subramaniam, he was told, “Both governments are the same for us. Those days, we helped them secretly. Now, they are giving it back to us.” 

As Subramaniam says, major contracts of several other state sector institutions will soon be given to Magenta Advertising. It is presently holding interviews to recruit personnel required to fulfil those contracts, reports say.