{"id":147258,"date":"2015-07-10T17:24:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T11:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=147258"},"modified":"2018-05-12T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T09:08:09","slug":"apsari-shows-mahinda-rajapaksas-real-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/apsari-shows-mahinda-rajapaksas-real-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Apsari Shows MR&#8217;s Real Size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to the published photographs of the former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=14&amp;y=8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a>&#8216;s official media unit and also his official Facebook page, the photos released by Apsari Singhabahu Tillakaratne the wife of the former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Hashan Tilakaratne today shows the former President&#8217;s real body shape and size. Rajapaksa whilst in office always released photos portraying himself to be fit and sporty. Some of the released official pictures in the past showed the former President in the gym carrying a set of dumbbells.<\/p>\n<p>The photographs just posted by Apsari Tilakaratne reveals the Kurunegala district UPFA parliamentary candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa&#8217;s real body size that has been kept a secret up until now. It is not clear that the former President has gained weight during the last six months due to the fact that he has not being able to use the posh gym and its facilities at Temple Trees.<\/p>\n<p>Apsari captioned the photographs in her Facebook page as &#8220;with our great leader @ his residence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-147259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne-.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda and Apsari Tilakaratne\" width=\"640\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne-.jpg 919w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne--287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne--800x836.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-147260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda Rajapaksa and Apsari Tilakaratne\" width=\"640\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne.jpg 931w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-and-Apsari-Tilakaratne-800x825.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Apsari-Tilakaratne-Facebook-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-147261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Apsari-Tilakaratne-Facebook-.jpg\" alt=\"Apsari Tilakaratne Facebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Apsari-Tilakaratne-Facebook-.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Apsari-Tilakaratne-Facebook--248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa&#8217;s official photographs;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/president-is-having-his-morning-exercises-in-the-wake-of-his-partys-victory-at-the-2nd-stage-of-the-lg-polls-colombotelegraph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/president-is-having-his-morning-exercises-in-the-wake-of-his-partys-victory-at-the-2nd-stage-of-the-lg-polls-colombotelegraph.jpg\" alt=\"President-is-having-his-morning-exercises-in-the-wake-of-his-partys-victory-at-the-2nd-stage-of-the-LG-polls colombotelegraph\" width=\"640\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/president-is-having-his-morning-exercises-in-the-wake-of-his-partys-victory-at-the-2nd-stage-of-the-lg-polls-colombotelegraph.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/president-is-having-his-morning-exercises-in-the-wake-of-his-partys-victory-at-the-2nd-stage-of-the-lg-polls-colombotelegraph-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Mahinda-Gym-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-123380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Mahinda-Gym-.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda Gym\" width=\"640\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Mahinda-Gym-.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Mahinda-Gym--252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Mahinda-Gym--800x950.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Gym.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-147265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Gym.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda Gym\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Gym.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-Gym-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 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