{"id":159475,"date":"2016-03-21T00:48:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T19:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159475"},"modified":"2016-03-21T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T09:02:44","slug":"no-confidence-against-ranawaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/no-confidence-against-ranawaka\/","title":{"rendered":"No Confidence Against Ranawaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The joint opposing is planning to bring in a no confidence motion against Megapolis and Western Province Development Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Champika+Ranawaka&amp;x=11&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Champika Ranawaka<\/span><\/a> against his alleged involvement in an accident which left a youth critically injured.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41208\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/kudankulam-comments-taken-out-of-context-says-sri-lankan-minister\/champika-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41208\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-41208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Champika-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Minister Champika Ranawaka\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Champika-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Champika-1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister Champika Ranawaka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A spokesman for the Join Opposition said that the police had failed to carry out an impartial investigation over the accident and due to political influence, action has not been taken against Ranawaka. \u201cSo, we are planning to bring a no confidence motion against him in Parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ranawaka has denied any involvement in the accident which happened early this month in Rajagiriya, but eye witnesses claim that the vehicle which knocked the victim was driven by Ranawaka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/friends-of-ranawakas-accident-victim-demand-justice-from-sirisena\/\">Friends Of Ranawaka\u2019s Accident Victim Demand Justice From Sirisena<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/audio-champika-ranawaka-in-hot-water-as-new-evidence-surfaces-on-rajagiriya-accident\/\">Audio: Champika Ranawaka In Hot Water As New Evidence Surfaces On Rajagiriya Accident<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lawyers-to-take-on-champika-and-welikada-police\/\">Lawyers To Take On Champika And Welikada Police<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-ranawaka\/\">\u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Me\u201d \u2013 Ranawaka<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":41208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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