Diyawadana Nilame influences inland revenue chief!

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa Nilanga Dela Bandara is misusing his office to avoid paying income tax for his personal businesses, reliable sources told Lanka News Web. Since the day he became the Diyawadana Nilame, he has not carried out an audit of the Dalada Maligawa expenses, misled the Asgiriya and Malwatte Mahanayake Theras to get their signatures, sent the accounts to the Buddhist affairs commissioner and silenced him by using powers of the state. Similarly, he is now trying to silence the commissioner general of inland revenue.

Giving a call to inland revenue chief Kalyani Dahanayake some days ago, Nilanga has told her, “You too, are a Sinhala Buddhist. It is clear that there is a conspiracy against Sinhala Buddhists due to the continuing mud slinging against me, who is the lay leader of the Sinhala Buddhists. I have sent accounts of the Dalada Maligawa to the Buddhist affairs commissioner on time. I have committed my entire life for the past 10 years for the upliftment of the Dalada Maligawa. Therefore, I had not time to pay attention to my personal businesses. Therefore, I could not pay income tax. Please consider my position and the position of the country and the nation too, and grant some relief for me. I am ready to do anything for you.”

The Sinhala Buddhist lady Kalyani Dahanayake felt sorry for the Diyawadana Nilame and entrusted the task to a subordinate, also a Sinhala Buddhist, saying, “Whatever it is. Diyawadana Nilame is our Sinhala Buddhist leader. Do anything possible to help him.” Accordingly, the Diyawadana Nilame will escape the income tax net by hiding behind his Sinhala Buddhist image.