{"id":135003,"date":"2014-12-16T19:05:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T13:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=135003"},"modified":"2014-12-22T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T07:45:40","slug":"opposition-is-referring-to-our-toy-helicopters-namal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/opposition-is-referring-to-our-toy-helicopters-namal\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Is Referring To Our Toy Helicopters: Namal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Refuting the claims made by the Opposition on each of the Rajapaksa \u2018princes\u2019 owning a private chopper, the eldest \u2018prince\u2019 MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Namal+Rajapaksa&amp;x=10&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Namal Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> in a most absurd response has stated that the helicopters in reference are only toys that were gifted to them as kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Namal-Rohitha-and-Yoshitha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-135004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Namal-Rohitha-and-Yoshitha.jpg\" alt=\"Namal, Rohitha and Yoshitha\" width=\"488\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Namal-Rohitha-and-Yoshitha.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Namal-Rohitha-and-Yoshitha-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a>Addressing a UPFA rally yesterday, Namal has said that when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/buckingham-stables-horses-and-private-choppers-for-rajapaksas\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he saw news reports of the three helicopters<\/span><\/a> gifted to him and his two siblings by their father, he had rushed home to check whether the reports were true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had not bought us helicopters. There were only the three toy helicopters that he bought for us as kids during a trip to Kataragama. The Opposition has been referring to these toys. If they are resorting to lying, I wish they would at least lie in a way they wouldn&#8217;t get caught,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n<p>Namal had also commented on the claims made by the Opposition about the horse that had been brought to Sri Lanka for the use of the youngest \u2018prince\u2019 Lohitha Rajapaksa, all the way from the Royal Mews of the Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have said we travel to Nuwaraeliya in these helicopters to see horses. I am not aware of any horses owned by my family. But I do know that there was a horse at Temple Trees when Vimukthi used to live there. 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