{"id":73962,"date":"2021-08-11T16:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T21:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=73962"},"modified":"2021-08-11T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T21:35:19","slug":"vijaya-and-chandrika-kumaratungs-only-son-vimukthi-states-clearly-that-he-hasno-intention-whatsoever-of-engaging-in-sri-lankan-politics-requests-sri-lankan-media-and-public-to-respect-his-priv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=73962","title":{"rendered":"Vijaya and Chandrika Kumaratung&#8217;s only Son Vimukthi States Clearly that he has&#8221;no  intention whatsoever of engaging in Sri Lankan Politics&#8221;; requests Sri Lankan media and public to respect his privacy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former President Chandrika Kumaratunge&#8217;s son Vimukthi Kumaratunge said he had no intention whatsoever of engaging in Sri Lankan Politics and refuted recent media reports of him entering the local political arena.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said in a statement that he appealed to everyone to disregard any statement alleging his aspirations to become a Sri Lankan politician.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love my country of birth. I hope to raise awareness and champion, in my personal capacity, the many causes in Sri Lanka that I hold dear. I would like to clearly state that I have no intention whatsoever of engaging in Sri Lankan Politics. Therefore, I appeal to everyone to disregard any statement alleging my aspirations to become a Sri Lankan politician,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are media reports about the ground being prepared for the entrance of a son from a prominent family into the Sri Lankan political arena. I would like to completely disassociate myself from these reports. For the last twenty-one years I have been and continue to be, totally committed to my work as a veterinarian and my ongoing specialist training as a veterinary ophthalmologist in the United Kingdom,&#8221; he further said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have striven hard to carve out a dignified and private life for myself. I kindly request that the Sri Lankan media and public respect my privacy,&#8221; he added in the statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton73962\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D73962&amp;text=Vijaya%20and%20Chandrika%20Kumaratung%26%238217%3Bs%20only%20Son%20Vimukthi%20States%20Clearly%20that%20he%20has%26%238221%3Bno%20%20intention...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Chandrika Kumaratunge&#8217;s son Vimukthi Kumaratunge said he had no intention whatsoever of engaging in Sri Lankan Politics and refuted recent media reports of him entering the local political arena. He said in a statement that he appealed to everyone to disregard any statement alleging his aspirations to become a Sri Lankan politician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73963,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73962\/revisions\/73963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}