The UPFA charged that during the recent elections that the first phase of the Kandy - Colombo highway project was approved without following any proper tender procedure and awarded to MCC a Chinese company, the local owner is the well known deal maker Prabath Nanayakara.
According to them the First phase Kadawatha to Mirigama cost around Rs.140 Billion. Some of the UPFA parliamentarians allege that the project could have been done for around Rs 90 Billion .
The Chinese company MCC had benefitted immensely form this transaction. The contracts were negotiated by the well known deal maker Mr R Paskaralingam, a man previously found guilty by a Presidential Commission, strangely now made an Advisor to the Prime Minister.
UNP insiders say the Prime Minister is ruining his reputation for he is known for doing things in a very transparent way and Mr Paskaralingam would surely become the next Mahendran for the Prime Minister.
The UPFA parliamentarians have requested the President to investigate this transaction immediately and not to involve the Prime Minister in the investigations, they fear otherwise that like the Bond Fraud this transaction would also be hushed up by the Prime Minister's office.
A debate would also be called for in parliament in September according to UPFA sources.
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