Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed surprise about the National Anthem being sung in Tamil during the Independence Day celebrations on February 4.
He said this was something no one had expected.
Rajapaksa said that by doing so, those who decided on the move have created a problem where none existed. w
Speaking at a public event in Polpithigama, Kurunegala, he said feelings of animosity could surface by forcing something on the people which they had never requested. He said several Tamil and Muslim politicians had called him and criticised the move describing it as one which could create unnecessary problems. Making a scathing attack on the government, Rajapaksa noted that the people who elected the present rulers were in a state of despair as they have failed to deliver in all fronts.
He said development initiatives which were ushered during his tenure have now come to a halt.
Rajapaksa also denied various charges of misconduct against him and his family and identified them as efforts of a continuing political witch-hunt.
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