Kiriella Defends Comments as Media Demands Clarification

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella defended remarks he recently made regarding the case involving Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, during a tense media interaction in which journalists repeatedly questioned him over comments linked to minority communities and government policy. Kiriella began by referring to a recent meeting between a delegation from the Samagi…