By Dasun Edirisinghe

The UPFA yesterday claimed that Sri Lanka was once again becoming another ‘Chicago’ under the present UNP government.

Addressing the media at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Headquarters, former Minister Wimal Weerawansa said that the ‘underworld’ which had been virtually eradicated during then President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s tenure was once again raising its head under the six-month UNP administration.

Now, underworld gunmen openly fired at their rivals working for Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake in broad daylight in Colombo, Weerawansa said.

Eight underworld leaders who fled the country in fear of former President Rajapaksa’s underworld eradication programme had now returned to the country and were allegedly involved in the UNP’s election campaign.

“Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake tried to blame the attack on former President Rajapaksa, but now Deputy Justice Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe, who is also contesting the general election from the Colombo District announced that it was an incident involving underworld figures.”

UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha said that he asked some organisations which claimed to be committed to social justice to reveal their stance on the Bloemendhal attack.Former Ministers Tissa Attanayake, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha and Former Deputy Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna also spoke at the media conference.

Courtesy:The Island