"The bag I gave didn't have any label; the packet of bananas was a case of mud-slinging" -- Gayantha to the CID

"The bag I gave didn't have any label; the packet of bananas was a case of mud-slinging" -- Gayantha to the CID

Minister Gayantha took action in lodging a complaint with Criminal Investigation Department yesterday requesting for an investigation for having circulated across social media the picture of a polythene packet with four bananas inside it and a photo of Minister Gayantha Karunatilleka with a propaganda slogan about flood relief attached to it; thus bringing him disrepute.

Minister Gayantha Karunatilleka who demands an inquiry into this photo with 4 bananas published in

the Facebook network said that this is an action launched by somebody for the sake of subjecting him to political disrepute. He said that he was present at the programme of distributing relief supplies to flood victims yesterday at Neluwa and Thawalama areas and that the aid distributed included a bag of supplies which amounted to a value of over Rs. 1500 and that no label was attached to it. He added that intelligent folk in Galle cannot be duped to secure their votes by flaunting 4 bananas. After the complaint lodged today by the Minister, police inquiries would commence in this respect.