-Dilka
“ Please skip to the next question”
-Gnanasara Thera
For this week’s Derana television programme 360 the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena organisation Ven. Galabodaaththe Gnanasara thera participated. This programme is popular as a social political discussion was conducted by Dilka Samanmalee
In this discussion Gnanasara thera emphasised the fact about the culture of our Buddhist people, the manner they should live devoid of liquor, gambling etc. This was a much concern to the Buddhist Monks .He had reiterated about the habits and addiction to liquor and gambling, for which as Monks
they condemn those acts.
At this moment when Gnanasara thera quipped this Dilka interrupted.
She produced a judiciary report. The suspect was Gnanasara thera. There were nine charges. The biggest of them was driving a motor vehicle at high speed under the influence of liquor. Dilka who conducted the discussion continuously questioned the thera on this matter. Gnanasara thera had tried his best to divert from her questions by talking on other subjects, but Dilka interrupted and was determined.in questioning the thera on the ‘driving after liquor’ incident. The medical reports obtained also had revealed that the thera had been under the influence of liquor. The thera was exhausted in listening had ultimately had said ‘we will now go the next question’.
At another instance of the discussion Dilka asked the thera about Mahamithawa Pagnarathana thera. To that question Gnanasara thera had quipped that he had not known anyone by that name. Before a lapse of two minutes the Gnanasara said there was one Pagnarathana thera in our organization but he was not a member of our special investigation unit.
However in the month of December 2012 at a media conference the Gnanasara thera himself had confessed that Ven Pagnarathana thera was in charge of the special investigation unit .This could be proved via a video.
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