Colombo land corrupt deal of Rajapakses depriving State of Rs. 780 million revenue surfaces - New wheeler dealer is Ranil’s younger brother !

(Lanka-e-News -22.March.2016, 10.35PM) A massive fraud involving a State land which deprives the state of a revenue of Rs. 780 million orchestrated by  Mahinda Rajapakse just prior to  the presidential elections is now being propelled and promoted with the full knowledge of the present prime minister (P.M.) Ranil Wickremesinghe ,  according to a most rudely shocking and deplorable report reaching Lanka e news inside information division.

Medamulana Mahinda Rajapakse a byword for worst corruption and crimes   who even treated elephants in the wild forests as his own  during his reign , on the 8th of January 2015  just ahead of   the presidential elections ,by tabling a special cabinet paper , transferred a valuable plot of Colombo  land , 130 perches in extent to a close businessman of his. 

The name of that businessman is Deshamanya M.A. Gunatileke , the Kandy Tyre house chief. 

The land is situated in a most valuable area , Colombo 2. The 130 perches land that extends from Vauxhall street to Beira Lake belongs to the State. The gross market value of land in that area is about Rs 12 million per perch , whereas Mahinda Rajapakse gave that land to his close pal at a price as low as Rs. 6 million per perch.

Of course the businessmans have been ready to line the pockets of Mahinda Rajapakse with many millions through this type of deals.

On the 8th of January Medamulana Rajapakse was fortunately defeated and Maithripala Sirisena took over the reins. With the overthrow  of corrupt Rajapakse the cabinet paper pertaining to the corrupt deal too went underground.  

It is common knowledge now that after the wheeler dealers of the Rajapakse’s ‘nefarious decade’ got displaced with the Rajapakses getting thrown out lock , stock and barrel, a new group of wheeler dealers have emerged of the government of good governance who are taking the place of the previous wheeler dealers. One of these wheeler dealers who stands out and  most notorious is Channa Wickremesinghe who is a brother of Ranil  Wickremesinghe. 

This Channa Wickremesinghe has come forward to put through the deal relating to this  Vauxhall street property. 

Accordingly ,the same cabinet paper of Mahinda Rajapakse is to be tabled now just like it was previously. That is , all arrangements have been made to transfer the 130 perches  land worth Rs. 12 million per perch at Rs. 6 million per perch to the same Deshamanya , the Kandy tyre house chief.

By   this deal the country stands to lose a whopping Rs. 780 million ! Therefore , what the cabinet of  government of good governance ought to have done is rescind  that corruption ridden  cabinet paper of ex president Mahinda Rajapakse which was not implemented, and re considered it afresh . A most valuable state land as this can  be transferred only after following the tender procedure duly. 

May we emphasize at this juncture that Lanka e news first with the news and best with the views , and always espousing the cause of justice and fairplay come what may in the best interests  of the nation , has no grudge or grouse against any businessman. If the project for which the Kandy tyre house chief is trying to get that land is going to be a successful one, well there is no harm done provided the land is given at the present market value , and not at the cheap rate. 

Therefore this  deal should not be concluded in a manner that the Lion’s share (illicit gain) creeps into the  pocket   of Channa Wickremesinghe , the brother of Ranil Wickremesinghe to the detriment of the country. These are State lands that   belong to the people. Just because Wickremesinghes are born in Colombo that does not mean those lands belong to them.

If  Ranil Wickremesinghe the P.M.has need to continue to be described as ‘Mr. Clean,’ this deal of his younger brother should be halted forthwith  and this  State transaction should be done  duly again . It is best if every stalwart and every heavyweight of the Government of good governance  bear in mind that the people of Sri Lanka emerged victorious via the Rainbow revolution on the 8th of January 2015 , not to wrest  the opportunities  for illicit deals from one family in order to grant  them  to another family.

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