BBS CEO offers to resign if proved that Gnanasara Thera accepted money
- Tuesday, 08 July 2014 12:14
Bodu Bala Sena CEO Dilanthe Withanage has responded to an article posted in our website, which says BBS general secretary Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera has used his political powers to save owner of Randenigala Distilleries Sarath Wijewickrama from an allegation of involvement in an ethanol racket, and in a show of gratitude he has given Rs. 30 million to the Thera, and also that he is one of the main funding sources for BBS, and that most of the assets owned by Wijewickrama had been acquired via Gnanasara Thera through dubious dealings.
Withanage says the article is totally false and challenges the website to prove that Gnanasara Thera had been given Rs. 30 million. As much as this article could damage the BBS, it also endangers the website of being branded a gossip website, he goes on to say.
Falsehoods have been fabricated about funding being received from Norway, US and Israel in order to halt our struggle to rescue the country and nation, which is being done amidst financial difficulties, and through personal donations by our contributors, sometimes our officials pawning their gold rings and necklaces. The entire world now knows these have only been lies, and we are not surprised to see that more such falsehoods are being spread, says the BBS CEO.
After this article was posted, we made inquiries from the businessman in question, and found that there was no truth to these allegations, according to him.
At a media briefing recently, Gnanasara Thera said BBS has received information about a group that is extorting money from Muslim businessmen by using the names of the organization and the Thera, and requested that complaints be lodged with police regarding such instances.
I personally say that I will resign from all my positions and even from BBS, if it is proved that Gnanasara Thera had received Rs. 30 million as alleged, Withanage adds.
Editor’s note:
We stand by the 100% accuracy of the article we have posted. Although the Randenigala Distilleries owner did not receive a receipt from Gnanasara Thera for the money, the close connection between the two can be surmised by the between 10 to 15 telephone calls a day they are giving to each other. On most days, these telephone conversations go on till midnight not for the Randenigala Distilleries owner to inquire from Rajakeeya Panditha Ganagodaatte Gnanasara Thera about the deep meanings of Abhidhamma. Such ‘business deals’ are takng place without the BBS CEO knowing anything about them, as he is fast asleep at such times.
For the knowledge of Dilanthe Withanage and our readers, we will mention one thing here. The Randenigala Distilleries owner took the Rs. 05 million first instalment of the money to Gnanasara Thera along with one Roy of the United Traders Association of Nugegoda, the key go-between in their connection.
When money was extorted or commissions changed hands, receipts are not produced before courts to prove that such instances took place. To make the conclusion that the deal actually took place, telephone conversation durations and detailed bills can be called from the relevant telephone companies. We cannot divulge our sources because the law does not permit us to do so. Publication of even a telephone number is a violation of the Data Protection Act.
Such business deals are no surprise for the business firm named the BBS, formed by a group of businessmen in robes, but we know that all these incidents are a secret and unknown to the CEO, or the theoretician, of BBS.
To say it directly, Dilanthe Withanage is an ‘honest fool’ or a ‘cat’s paw.’ He is now under house arrest, because, it is known that the dog that had been reared will attack and bite one day. What has happened to Dilanthe Withanage is that he has grabbed the tiger by the tail, and knowing that he can come out unscathed through BBS only, he cannot leave it either. That is valid not only for him, but also for Kirama Wimalajothi Thera too, and will be applicable even to Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera in a future date. It is a sign of extremism that the master faces more peril as the dog grows up by the day.
This danger will not stop at Dilanthe Withanage, but it will not be very long before it boomerangs on the Rajapaksa regime too,
