Sirisena was a ‘pancha’ when mom misplaced her civic rights – CBK

68Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday stated that former President Maithripala Sirisena was only a ‘pancha’ when the civic rights of her mom Sirimavo Bandaranaike had been denied by the then authorities.

“He was mere a clerk working beneath then Polonnaruwa MP Wijesinghe, when the civic rights of my mom had been denied,”she stated.

She was talking to the media following the 108th delivery commemoration of former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, held at BMICH yesterday night.Bandaranaike stated that Sirisena is incapable of main a celebration on account of his frequent adjustments in stance. He continuously alters his opinions in a single day, she stated.

She stated that former President Sirisena eliminated her from the occasion when she opposed the occasion’s transfer to hitch the SLFP with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.She stated that she handed the SLFP over to the previous President Maithripala Sirisena as a formidable occasion however the latter has divided it into six.

“What we’re striving is to rebuild the occasion which was destroyed by him. He has divided the SLFP into six teams,”she stated.Responding to the allegations made by former President Maithripala Sirisena that conspiracies are being hatched to hitch SLFP with the federal government, Bandaranaike stated that she doesn’t have any intention to take action.

“Why ought to I be part of the SLFP with the current authorities led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as a result of it’s a SLPP authorities,” she stated.