How former MP who made teacher kneel down ....

How former MP who made teacher kneel down ....

became Chief Guest at sports meet festival in same school!

Former MP Mr. Ananda Kumara of the the North West Provincial Council who became a notorious figure and was found guilty by courts for having compelled a lady teacher in

Anamaduwa area some years before this and because of the humiliation he was faced with, was also deprived of nominations for elections too.

When circumstances were such, the fact that the present Principal of that very school had invited him as the Chief Guest for the 2016 year-ending sports festival day-before-yesterday was subjected to debate. After Mrs. Susila Herath who was a teacher of Navodya School of Nawagaththegama, Anamaduwa left the school after the incident of kneeling down, the Principal of the school at that time too had got a transfer. Neither she nor the said Principal were to be seen at day-before-yesterday's festival. The aforesaid incident had earlier created an uproar because the former MP had lost his temper over an incident where his daughter studying in the same school was reprimanded provoking Mr. Ananda Kumara to take action to make Mrs. Susila Herath kneel down.

Mr. Ananda Kumara who arrived on the invitation of the staff headed by the incumbent of the school Mr. Malcom Peterson, was welcomed at the main entrance of the school in grand style by the Principal and was garlanded by the children with an offering of a sheaf of betel and was even honoured by being worshipped, it was reported.

With the arrival of the former MP, a crowd of Principals of neighbouring schools and some parents too who had received invitations had left the place by protesting, it was understood.