காலிமுகத்திடலில் அண்மையில் நடைபெற்ற 5,000 கலைஞர்களின் பரதநாட்டிய சாதனை நிகழ்வின் பின்னணியில் பெரும் பண மோசடி மற்றும் உழைப்புச் சுரண்டல் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளதாகக் கூறி, இலஞ்ச ஊழல் ஒழிப்பு ஆணைக்குழுவில் முறைப்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. மக்கள் போராட்ட முன்னணியின் தேசிய நிறைவேற்றுக் குழு உறுப…
A complaint has been filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission alleging that a large-scale fraud and exploitation of labor took place behind the recent Bharatanatyam performance by 5,000 artists at Galle Face. The complaint was filed jointly by Rajkumar Rajeevkanth, National Executive Committee Member of the People’s Struggle Front, and Duminda Nagamuwa, Propaganda Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) and social activist. Speaking to the media, they strongly criticized the event held on June 14 as a commercial operation that deceived poor students and parents in Sri Lanka in the name of performance. According to a post on the homepage of Deputy Minister of Plantations and Social Infrastructure Sundaralingam Pradeep, it was pointed out that private companies ‘Sangamam Global Academy’ and ‘Sangamalia Holidays’ had organized these days under his request and guidance. They alleged that in an event involving a government minister, private companies collected between Rs. 4,500 and Rs. 6,000 from students and deposited them in the names of private individuals. They said that no ministry or government department provided financial guarantee or proper control for this event, and that if such an event had been organized by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Culture or the Ministry of Tourism, the income would have gone to the country and gone back to the people. However, they accused the minister of acting in favor of a private individual here. They said that even after the event was over, those companies were still demanding more money, such as Rs. 2,500, Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 12,000, to issue certificates. They said that no arrangements were made for the accommodation or security of students who came from outside the districts, and that the middle-class students who came at their own expense had spent between Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 100,000. They expressed concern that an Indian company and a teacher have exploited the labor and artistic talent of Sri Lankan students to obtain a certificate of achievement, saying that it is a very wrong thing to exploit the labor of our countrymen. Stating that they have submitted all the relevant documents to the Corruption Eradication Commission, the activists strongly urged that a serious investigation be conducted immediately into this matter, the money collected from the students should be returned, and the relevant State Minister should be held accountable for this. The post Money extortion from 5,000 national artists; World achievement issue goes to the Corruption Eradication Commission appeared first on Battinaatham.