{"id":157743,"date":"2016-02-18T15:25:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=157743"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T07:48:37","slug":"video-ranil-slams-kishani-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-ranil-slams-kishani-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Ranil Slams Kishani Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=8&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/span><\/a> last night\u00a0slammed the people who criticised world renowned opera singer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kishani+Jayasinghe&amp;x=9&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kishani Jayasinghe<\/span><\/a>. &#8220;These shameless racists are trying to whip up Sinhala racism&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1038\"\n\t\t height=\"585\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ranil-on-Danno-Budun-Ge.mp4'>Ranil on Danno Budun Ge<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/Ranil-on-Danno-Budun-Ge.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\\\/mp4\",\"title\":\"Ranil on Danno Budun Ge\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"3:35\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":426,\"height\":240},\"resized\":{\"width\":1038,\"height\":585}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.colombotelegraph.com\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nKishani&#8217;s version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/plaKsOtC3b8\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sidath Wettimuny&#8217;s version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FsowEO7BIG8\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rukmani Devi&#8217;s version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MpsShuD21QM\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amaradeva&#8217;s version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A_YZkjMyfgY\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hubert Rajapaksha&#8217;s version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Ds_CMOa3J8\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":147661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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