Keep politics away from places of religious worship - Namal

Asela KURULUWANSA

Temples have suddenly gained the special attention of certain politicians having dreams of party leadership, said Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.

Namal Rajapaksa, MP

No one will condone the use of places of religious worship for narrow political gain, he said when he opened a new Dharmasalava at the Visuddharamaya, Mawilmada, Kandy, Sunday. Kandy District MP Dilum Amunugama presided. Rajapaksa said the President is now laying the ground work for ushering in a massive development program within the next six years with the support of the ministers and MPs.

The government objective is to produce a knowledgeable young generation who can get profit from this massive development envisaged in the future, he said.

Rajapaksa said the government had ushered in an era where people in the village can get their problems attended to at their very doorstep without going to the city in search of officials.

The government is committed to develop the village and the temple without any discrimination, he said. Kandy district MP Dilum Amunugama said the Senkadagala electorate consisted of 64 Grama Niladhari divisions.

All villages in the electorate will be developed within the next six years at the rate of 10 villages per year, Amunugama said.

Viharadhipathi Ven Hiswelle Medhananda thera and several others also spoke. Rajapaksa also opened the newly carpetted Mawilmada-Lewella road and inaugurated a mobile service program at the venue.