{"id":130066,"date":"2014-09-09T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T04:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=130066"},"modified":"2014-09-19T15:52:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T10:22:19","slug":"shashindra-brand-water-bottles-for-uva-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/shashindra-brand-water-bottles-for-uva-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Shashindra Brand Water Bottles For Uva Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPFA candidates contesting the upcoming Uva polls have been inventing absurd ways and means to promote their election campaign as the laws around illegal campaign activities are tightened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sashindra-Rajapaksa-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-130067\" alt=\"Sashindra Rajapaksa-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sashindra-Rajapaksa-2.jpg\" width=\"539\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sashindra-Rajapaksa-2.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sashindra-Rajapaksa-2-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a>One such attempt are water bottles that have been distributed around Badulla and Moneragala districts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shashindra+Rajapaksa&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shashindra Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> bearing his picture and the UPFA symbol. The catchline on the waterbottle sticker reads &#8216;lifeblood to quench your thirst&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the production and distribution of such material being illegal, the UPFA candidates have particularly been violating the laws with the sponsorship of the government. Another such example is the three-day concert that has been abruptly organised in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/military-used-for-uva-election-campaigning-close-to-6000-children-miss-school\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Moneragala by the military<\/span><\/a>, that has resulted in the closure of three leading schools in order to accomodate the participating military personnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":130067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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