Who is behind “Sinha Le”
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2016-02-05
What is this movement Sinha Le? Who is behind it? Who are the leaders? These questions had been within the society until a few weeks ago by a group of its leaders who emerged from nowhere who made a scene in front of the Dalada Maligawa in Mahanuwara.
In fact the creatively designed Sinha Le logo started appearing on vehicles since late November last year. Many started wondering about this newly emerging possibly ultra-nationalistic movement. Most importantly the minorities started worrying whether the sigh of relief they were enjoying following the end of the Rajapakse regime has come to an end.
In fact the emergence of Sinha Le (Lion Blood) was as far back as 2010 when a primarily designed web site appeared on internet, but with less or no attention. The owner-designer of the website was from Kurunegala but was trying hard to get the branding popular among the Sinhala – Buddhist populace with no success.
The competition for ultra-nationalist leadership of Sinhala Buddhist during that time was a bit high – mainly as it was just after the end of the war. The vociferous Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) was gaining momentum under the ‘unsung’ state patronage, thus new movements like Sinha Le were not picking up, even within the cyber space.
Though repeatedly denied, BBS had an undeclared honeymoon with the then Rajapakse regime. At least the mere silence by the state when non-Buddhist establishments – predominantly Muslims - were attacked in several cities of the country was a clear sign of this undisclosed marriage. No arrests were made, no action taken against these unlawful acts of BBS. In contrast social media was full of pictures of the BBS leadership with the former Defence Secretary and the movement had a free hand to do anything as it wished. - See more
2016-02-05
What is this movement Sinha Le? Who is behind it? Who are the leaders? These questions had been within the society until a few weeks ago by a group of its leaders who emerged from nowhere who made a scene in front of the Dalada Maligawa in Mahanuwara.In fact the creatively designed Sinha Le logo started appearing on vehicles since late November last year. Many started wondering about this newly emerging possibly ultra-nationalistic movement. Most importantly the minorities started worrying whether the sigh of relief they were enjoying following the end of the Rajapakse regime has come to an end.
In fact the emergence of Sinha Le (Lion Blood) was as far back as 2010 when a primarily designed web site appeared on internet, but with less or no attention. The owner-designer of the website was from Kurunegala but was trying hard to get the branding popular among the Sinhala – Buddhist populace with no success.
The competition for ultra-nationalist leadership of Sinhala Buddhist during that time was a bit high – mainly as it was just after the end of the war. The vociferous Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) was gaining momentum under the ‘unsung’ state patronage, thus new movements like Sinha Le were not picking up, even within the cyber space.
Though repeatedly denied, BBS had an undeclared honeymoon with the then Rajapakse regime. At least the mere silence by the state when non-Buddhist establishments – predominantly Muslims - were attacked in several cities of the country was a clear sign of this undisclosed marriage. No arrests were made, no action taken against these unlawful acts of BBS. In contrast social media was full of pictures of the BBS leadership with the former Defence Secretary and the movement had a free hand to do anything as it wished. - See more
