Harin -- Dayasiri fight at Wadapitiya

Harin -- Dayasiri brawl ... at the centre of Derana Wadapitiya!

An exchange of words of a heated nature during the political programme of TV Derana Wadapitiya last night between UNP parliamentarian Harin Fernando and North-West Chief Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera took place and before the scheduled closure of the programme and when there was a short break the two of them had gone to the middle and engaged in fisticuffs. Later, those who were present there had mediated in the issue and separated the two of them .... sending them away which then brought the programme to a close.



Those watching the programme in their homes without knowing anything about this were able to see and hear only the National Anthem after the broadcast of the advertisements.

Early this morning a rumour spread around that a display of fisticuffs had taken place during the programme concerned. Another rumour was that the programme was curtailed on an order issued from higher ups.

A clarification was made across the Derana Website this evening around 6 o'clock. It is as follows: "UNP parliamentarian m.p. Mr. Harin Fernando andNorth-West Chief Minister Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekera had got involved in a turmoil during the course of the Wadapitiya programme. The programme organisers had to stop the programme half-way during the transmission because of a heated argument which culminated in going further during a short break in yesterday's (08) programme. Steps were taken for Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekera and Mr. Harin Fernando who were participants in this clash to be separated and escorted with protection".

In order to confirm this, Derana had released a undiscernible video of the fisticuffs scene.

The edited video scene, from BELOW


The video with the dialogue which extended as far as a clash, as follows