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Mervyn Silva To Investigate All Kovils!


Sunday, 16 September 2012 - 12:50 PM SL Time

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Minister Mervyn Silva has said that he would ensure that no animal sacrifices will be allowed to take place in any Kovil in the island, adding that he is investigating all Kovils to see if they cause disturbances to the public, based on powers vested upon him as the Minister of Public Relations.
I have assigned teams to find out whether animal sacrifices are being carried out in other Kovils in the country, Silva said, but added that he had no intention of removing the Munnesvaram Kali Kovil from its current premises.
Silva said that he would also investigate to see whether the land from the temple adjoining the controversial Kali Kovil had been misallocated.
He said that discussions would be held in the near future with trustees and priests from both the temple and the kovil regarding the matter.
Silva said that he did not have a need to create unnecessary tensions between various religions, and added that all people in the island had a right to practice their faiths. He said that another Kovil in Udappuwa used to practice animal sacrifices, but the practice had now stopped after his intervention. He added that a second temple near Munnesvaram had asked him to take over the Kovil, but he had refused the offer.
Ravi Shankar, referred to as the Hindu Advisor to the President, has retracted his earlier statement and said that no agreement was reached between the President s Secretary Lalith Weeratunge and the Kovil Priests. Shankar clarified his official title as the Coordinator to the President on Hindu Affairs. Weeratunge on Thursday in a release to media contradicted his earlier position and said that the government would not endorse any animal sacrifice. Weerathnge was however quoted by Shankar to The Sunday Leader on Friday, 7 September, as stating that he would make the necessary arrangements to facilitate the sacrifice, in case the Kovil decided to go ahead with the ritual. The Sunday Leader learns that Shankar has come under pressure from various parties to retract his statement, and that his post has also come under uncertainty as a result of his comments.
Sivapada Sundaram, the chief priest of the Kali Kovil, informed The Sunday Leader that the names mentioned in our article on 7 September had not taken part in the sacrifices.


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Minister of Animal Rights !
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Mr. Brown,

Stop slinging Mud on Minister Mervyn Silva!
At least he is trying to do something good.

Why don't you have gutts to publish anything against WHITE VAN MURDERER - Dog Prince - Mad Dog - Gotabaya Rajapaksha ?

He is involved in Human Abductions and Killings. Why No Articles / Posts on that Murderer ?

Then that Wimal Weerwansa the Useless Racist Ba$trad - Mother Fakker, who is working on extra hours through his www,lankaCNews.com Website to divide the Sinhala Society into Pieces.

He calls Muslims Hambayaas and his website discriminates every other human living in this island except Sinhala Buddhists. Even he divides Sinhala Budhists into Multi Caste System we never heard about through his Website.

Why No Single Article/Post against that type of Paahara Baellige Puthas ? Is he a Minister or a Real Paahara Balla ?

Post Articles about Ba$tards like that, but not on a Person who never did anything wrong to divide this Beautiful Sri Lankan Nation.
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This Army major was beaten up outside the JAIC Hilton without knowing that he was an army officer. We know for certain that they did not know he was an army officer because they would not have the guts to assault an army officer. As we said earlier, they get the courage to pick fights, only because of the MSD. The MSD personnel too would not have been aware that he was an army Major, otherwise they would not have kept his personal weapon with them until they had to hand it back. If they knew he was an army officer they would have handed it over to the nearest police station immediately. In any case, even if they took this army officer s pistol, what conceivable need was there to take his mobile phone? The fact that they took his mobile phone seems to lend credence to the accusation that they took his gold chain as well.


This brings us to the crux of the matter. The night life culture in Sri Lanka is such that it merits a travel advisory by foreign nations warning foreigners never to visit a Sri Lankan nightclub or even house parties. Even in the 1990s, these night spots were a danger to the lives and limbs of patrons with a foreigner being shot dead outside a casino. Once again the main suspect was the degenerate son of a politician. Not only are these places frequented by gun toting idiots surrounded by bodyguards, they are places where cocaine and party drugs are freely available and the Colombo elite is being slowly destroyed by this culture. To be sure there is recreational drug taking in foreign countries as well. There is also binge drinking and casual sex and all that. But in those countries, nightlife does not pose a danger to the lives and limbs of patrons whereas here it does. In other Asian countries, even the red light districts are perfectly safe for local and foreign patrons.


Last Thursday, I got a call from Frederica Jansz who wanted to know how much the Ranjan Wijeratne Foundation released for the book Gota s War. I told her I don t have a clue because I handled the book and Bharathi took care of the rest. Then she wanted to know whether Bharathi was involved in raising money for the book which of course was the case. It s not difficult to guess Frederica s trend of thought. Bharathi put up a good show for Gota so he is under obligation and hence the delay in arresting Rehan. Well, I suppose anybody is entitled to make their own inferences. But it is pertinent to remember that the Ranjan Wijeratne Foundation was formed to commemorate Ranjan Wijeratne and not for any other purpose. Furthermore, the Foundation published Gota s War to commemorate Ranjan and not to hold the government to ransom over anything. Nobody in the government owes anything to the foundation for publishing the book or to me for writing it because writing books is what I do and the foundation got involved only to perpetuate the Ranjan Wijeratne name and to give the foundation itself a boost.



Edited By - Damed - 16 Sep 2012 07:53:04 GMT
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Shankar clarified his official title as the Coordinator to the President on Hindu Affairs. Weeratunge on Thursday in a release to media contradicted his earlier position and said that the government would not endorse any animal sacrifice.


I think Honourable Mervyn Silva is on right direction to stop (or at least to discourage) animal killings for (Primitive) Religious Purposes.

Unlike many others, Mr. Mervyn Silva has the Courage to provide the Leadership open an Open discussion on the Killing of Animals on Religious Purposes. In same token, he should try to ''UPGRADE'' the Animal Rights in this Beautiful Island.

This is the right time to introduce Strict Laws controlling Domestic Pets (Available Laws are very lenient). Also, Slaughter Houses should have 'CIVILIZED MECHANISMS' to kill the Animals for Human Consumption.

We are STILL a PRIMITIVE NATION, when it comes to Animal Rights, though the WORLD's FIRST ANIMAL HOSPITAL was built in Sri Lanka under the King Budhdhadasa, who himself was a Veterinarian.
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SimpleMinds has a complex mind towards Gota.

Mr. Brown cannot invent news, he just cites others in the main stream media.

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Why don't you have gutts to publish anything against WHITE VAN MURDERER - Dog Prince - Mad Dog - Gotabaya Rajapaksha ?

He is involved in Human Abductions and Killings. Why No Articles / Posts on that Murderer ?


Your Point is very Valid.

The Involvement of Sri Lankan Army in Human Abductions when no Civil Unrest is available makes everyone's Eye Brows open high.

1. In Kolonnawa, the Umagiliya Stadium Drama was one fine example of the involvement of WHITE VAN MURDRER Group which operates under the Instructions of Criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksha

2. Kumar Gunaratnam and Miss Jagoda's Abductions (Those are the People who supported Mahinda to come to power in 2005) was spoilt thanks to the Her Highness Australian Ambassador to the Sri Lanka. May God Bless Her for saving those lives. If not for them, they would have ended in Bolgoda Lake or in Kimbula Ela or in Deep Sea as with many other Gotabaya Rajapaksha Victims.

3. The Abduction of One Minister's Brother in Law. That was stopped thanks to President Mahinda Rajapaksha, as he could instruct Gotabaya to release the Businessman, before he was killed.

4. Many other ''SMALL'' People, mainly from Slums were killed in same way like he instructed to kill Colombo Stray Dogs. Even we are not bothering about them as we too still do not respect the human life. We too only respect the Humans, who has some big names or those who are influential or rich. The Criminal Gotabaya already vanished many of them taking the Law into his arm.

Why not a Single Article on a Criminal like that ? Why this Mervyn Silva is taken for all crimes done by other's ? Is he a Escape Goat for Spineless Meat Balls like Mr. Brown ?

The Reason is very clear.

These Journalists including Mr. Brown knows that no harm will happen to them by criticizing Harmless Mervyn Silva. But, if they try to do same with a Criminal Like Gotabaya Rajapaksha, then they know that they are not going to have a Peaceful Existence.

In Sinhala there is a Term, which says, Pahala Thenin Thamayi Wathura Basinne....Thelena Yakade Dekkama Uda Pena Pena Thalana-walu...

These words are very true for Honourable Mervyn Silva.
***Not killed Even a Single Person in Personal or Political life

Still he is considered as the WORST MINISTER. What about Mr. ranil Wickremasinghe who was directly involved in barb Wire Inserted Killings at Batalanda Camp in 1988 - 90 ?

Why No Single Criticism on him ? Why he is considered as a GENTLEMAN, while Honourable Mervyn Silva is a RASCAL, THUG, and a CRIMINAL ?

Why this HYPOCRISY ?

For those (including Mr. Brown) who cannot differentiate the differences in between Criminal Ranil, Criminal Gotabaya and Good Mervyn listen to this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFlPVVk2H5c
(Hypocrites in Harper Valley P.T.A.)


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Mr. Brown cannot invent news, he just cites others in the main stream media.


Well Nevermind, :)

Who said he should invent the News ?

But, he should stop giving Undue Negative Publicity to Minister Mervyn Silva. You may argue that, this Article is related to an ongoing issue. That I agree with.

Take the Main Thread before the Last. It was a Clear Attempt to Sling mud on Honourable Mervyn Silva.

Could not he find any other News, which are more related to the burning issues of Lanka.

(Anyway, I guess you have a Valid Point here NA :) )

Edited By - SimpleMinds - 16 Sep 2012 08:39:00 GMT
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Can someone find-out whether Toilet Papers
Gota's War
Printed with Lead-Free Ink ?

Otherwise, there should be some awareness about the Health Hazards using the Toilet Papers made with Lead Contaminated Papers.

And Why this type of Toilet Papers only available in Bookshops ? It is not fare to force People to go to bookshops to buy Grocery Items.


Edited By - MoralSympathy - 16 Sep 2012 08:50:50 GMT
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Mervin silva also should address the issue of licit liquor. this too causes major disturbances in the daily life of many villagers..
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Vermin Animal going to sacrifice his life.

Even on the day of the election victory when you would think everyone in the government and especially the Rajapaksas would be celebrating, they were at work. But whatever work they do is being undone by the Silvas, father and son the exterminators of the Rajapaksas.




Edited By - Damed - 16 Sep 2012 09:53:49 GMT
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