{"id":147752,"date":"2015-07-21T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=147752"},"modified":"2015-07-31T23:10:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T17:40:07","slug":"video-mahinda-rajapaksa-attempts-to-attack-upfa-supporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-mahinda-rajapaksa-attempts-to-attack-upfa-supporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Mahinda Rajapaksa Attempts To Attack UPFA Supporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=12&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a>, during a UPFA election rally in Akuressa, moved angrily towards a party supporter, as if he was going to attack the man.<\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa&#8217;s behaviour was captured on a video and posted by a person who was present at the rally.<\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa reacted angrily when a supporter, who came close to him, pulled his hand before the former President got on to the stage.<\/p>\n<p>The former President was taken away by his body guards and other UPFA members who surrounded him.<\/p>\n<p>Rakapaka then got on to the stage, showed his respect to the Buddhist monks and waved his hands at supporters as if nothing happened.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NKp_3DcLpGo\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>*If you cannot see the video, please click on the blue highlighted letters in the text below;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"\/613265488795276\/videos\/vb.613265488795276\/728171813971309\/?type=1\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/613265488795276\/videos\/728171813971309\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/613265488795276\/videos\/728171813971309\/\">\u0db8\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf \u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0d85\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dda\u0daf\u0dd3 \u0db8\u0dd9\u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3 \u0db4\u0dc4\u0dbb \u0daf\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0daf\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0da7\u0daf ..<\/a>\u0db8\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf \u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0d85\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dda\u0daf\u0dd3 \u0db8\u0dd9\u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3 \u0db4\u0dc4\u0dbb \u0daf\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0daf\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0da7\u0daf ..\u0db6\u0dbd \u0dad\u0dab\u0dca\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d9c\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dca\u0db7\u0dd3\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dba\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d85\u0daf \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0da7\u0dd3 \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dad\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dba. \u0dc4\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dd1\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0da7\u0dad\u0dca \u0d85\u0dad\u0dca \u0d8b\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0 \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dbd\u0dcf. \u0d9c\u0dde\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dc0 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0daf\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dad \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0db4\u0dd4 \u0db8\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dca, \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd3\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0d82\u0dc1, \u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0db1\u0dca\u0db4\u0dd2\u0dbd \u0dc0\u0d9c\u0dda \u0db6\u0d82\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dbd\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dca \u0daf\u0dda\u0dc1\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0da5\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0d9c\u0dda \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db1\u0dca\u0da9\u0db8\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dd9 \u0db8\u0dda \u0dc0\u0d9c\u0dda \u0daf\u0dda\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0dca<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":147754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6980,2375,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-sri-lanka-parliamentary-elections-2015","category-stories","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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