Some Basnayaka Nilames have accused the Dalada Maligawa’s Diyawadana Nilame, Nilanga Dela Bandara, of asking them to fund President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election campaign.
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The Basnayaka Nilames have complained that the Diyawadana Nilame had asked them to provide Rs. 50,000 each for the election campaign after he himself promised Rs. 5 million.
They claimed they were summoned to the official residence of the Diyawadana Nilame and told to support President Rajapaksa.
The Basnayaka Nilames in a complaint to Transparency International which closely follows cases of corruption said that it was a violation of the election laws to use public property or funds for any party’s election campaign.
The Diyawadana Nilame denied the allegations saying they had a meeting, but it was to discuss a land issue. “I don’t have money to offer for any election campaign,” he said. |
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