"It was not a knife ... part of a broken mike" -- Thevarapperuma

"It was not a knife ... part of a broken mike" -- Thevarapperuma

Member of parliament Palitha Thevarapperuma he rejects allegations that he was in possession of a knife during the fracas in parliament yesterday. He further said that when a group tried to grab away the Speaker's microphone he had prevented it and the part of the microphone resembling a pen came into his hand and that is what has been depicted as a knife. He says that he kept it in his hand and
later gave it to Mr. Daya Gamage. This is how Thevarapperuma spoke about this incident