Rajapaksa supporters attack TNA MP Sumanthiran

<p>Supporters of Mahinda Rajapaksa have targeted Tamil National Alliance MP M A Sumanthiran across social media in recent days, accusing him of misleading the UNP.</p> <p>SLPP councillor Senani Samaranayake accused Sumanthiran of being the “new boss” of the UNP and tweeted a video of him in parliament, claiming that he had used “filth” when speaking to the UNP’s Ranil Wickremesinghe and Lakshman Kiriella.</p> <p>Both Kirella and Sumanthiran dismissed the accusation, with the TNA MP telling Colombo Telegraph that the video showed him explaining the electronic voting system in parliament.</p> <p>“I pointed out that an electronic vote was indeed a vote by name and that it was not necessary to repeat it. I showed him the board that had all the names” Sumanthiran told Colombo Telegraph.</p> <p>“I was mostly amused,” he added. “I wasn’t angry.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/namal-babys-twitter-trolls-s…">Colombo Telegraph</a> added that pro-Rajapaksa website and "Twitter trolls" have also recently been attacked the Tamil lawmaker.</p> <p>Earlier this month, a parliamentarian loyal to Rajapaksa accused Sumanthiran of producing parliamentary disarray.</p>