V.F.S.bomb
The second bomb that exploded inside the government last week was the issue of visas in this country by V.F.S. Global Company. It was Sajith, the leader of the opposition, who first spoke about it in the parliament. Sajith said that there is a risk of a serious problem arising in the tourism sector by giving the visa to another company. After Sajith’s statement, everyone started to find out what was the story behind this. At the same time, a large amount of information was revealed to the country one by one that was not noticed by anyone behind this deal.
There, the opposition MPs such as G.L. Peiris and Marikkar told the parliament that the government had planned to commit a fraud of 15 billion through this transaction. GL said that it is second only to the Central Bank bond fraud. Mr. Peiris and Mr. Marikkar pointed out in Parliament. In this way, with this disclosure of the opposition, VFS racket surfaced. The controversy took a new turn when Mr. Harin Fernando, who is the Minister of Tourism, held a press conference and stated that he knew nothing about this transaction and that he had not heard anything about this. Harin said that Mr Tiran Alas, who is in charge of the relevant subject, is currently abroad, and said that after Tiran arrives in Sri Lanka on Monday, he will call a press conference and inform the country about the relevant information.
The Minister of Public Security, Mr. Tiran Alas, had forwarded the cabinet paper that would include the V.F.S Global company in the visa issuance operation. At the time of this incident, Tiran was attending some medical tests in Singapore. As mentioned, Tiran, who came to Sri Lanka on Monday and spoke to the media, said that there is no problem behind this, it is a technical error and that the company in question will continue to issue visas.
Who is the mighty son of the South behind this deal?
However, special news related to the V.F.S. deal was received by the opposition leaders. The information said that a son of a politician who holds a powerful position in the South is involved in this transaction. Otherwise, it is said that this deal was brought by that particular son. But the problem is who offered him this deal. There is currently a lot of talk in the industry about whether he is currently active in politics or a powerful person who has retired from politics.
The opposition says that the government made this deal to find the necessary money to spend on the upcoming presidential election. In return, it is said by the opposition that the southern politician has been given privileges to move to the places he likes.
However, this time we are ready to reveal a story that no one knows about this southern politician in the ‘inside politics’ column. Recently, this powerful politician from the south has held talks with the leaders of the SJB to accommodate as Samagi Jana Balavegaya candidate.
After Tiran’s press conference on this matter on Monday, the controversy regarding the V.F.S. deal was seen to escalate further. After the commencement of the parliamentary session on Tuesday, the opposition has exposed the issue further. The heads of the government had also received information from the opposition that they were ready to take over the deal. Accordingly, the cabinet meeting held on Monday evening had become extremely crucial from the government’s point of view.
