Nambukara Helambage Rajitha Harischandra Senaratne (born 29 May 1950) is a Sri Lankan dentist, politician, member of parliament and former cabinet minister. He is currently a member of parliament representing Kalutara district [1]
Senaratne became involved in leftist politics whilst serving as general-secretary of the Government Dentists’ Association/Government Dental Surgeons Association between 1975 and 1989.[4][7] He was very critical of the Jayewardene government and its policies.[7] When film actor Vijaya Kumaratunga left the SLFP and founded the Sri Lanka People's Party (Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya) (SLPP) in the early 1980s Senaratne joined the newly formed party.[7][8] The SLPP became a target of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during its second insurrection.[7] Senaratne was critical of the JVP's violence and "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" policy and became a target of the JVP.[7] On 17 October 1988 the JVP attacked an election rally for SLPP presidential candidate Ossie Abeygunasekera at Grandpass in Colombo, killing three.[13] Senaratne sustained injuries in the attack which left two pieces of shrapnel in his skull.[7]
Abeygunasekera, who had taken over leadership of the SLPP following the assassination of Kumaratunga in February 1988, started moving the SLPP towards the governing United National Party (UNP).[8][9] Kumaratunga's widow Chandrika Kumaratunga was expelled from the SLPP.[8] Senaratne and other Chandrika loyalists formed the People's Freedom Front (Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna) (PFF).[8][9] Chandrika Kumaratunga was the PFF's leader whilst Senaratne was its general-secretary.[17] Chandrika Kumaratunga rejoined the SLFP later.[17]
When the PFF and SLPP formed the SLFP dominated People's Alliance (PA) Senaratne joined the UNP on the invitation of president D. B. Wijetunga and was appointed a UNP National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament in 1994.[7][17][18][19] Senaratne became a vocal critic of Chandrika Kumaratunga, who had been elected president in November 1994, and her PA government.[20] On 31 March 2000 the Court of Appeal upheld a petition against Senaratne, ruling that he was disqualified from sitting or voting in Parliament as he had done business with state institutions.[20][21] The petition had been brought by deputy minister Dilan Perera who had been represented in court by lawyer Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.[22] Using a legal loophole the UNP re-appointed Senaratne to the vacant National List seat cause by his unseating.[7][19]
Senaratne left the UPFA in November 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the 2015 presidential election.[39][40][41] Senaratne and other SLFP MPs who supported Sirisena were stripped of their ministerial positions and expelled from the SLFP.[42][43][44][45] After the election newly elected President Sirisena rewarded Senaratne by appointing him Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine.[46][47][48] Sirisena became chairman/leader of the SLFP on 16 January 2015.[49][50] Subsequently, Sirisena supporters, including Senaratne, who had been expelled from the SLFP were readmitted to the SLFP and Senaratne became a vice president of the SLFP in February 2015.[51][52] In March 2015 Gamini Ranasinghe and his wife accused Senaratne's son Eksath of abducting their teenage daughter Dinithe Aloka, who was sixteen years old at the time of abduction in February 2014, and keeping her at Senaratne's official residence in Colombo.[53][54][55] Senaratne denied the accusations of abduction, saying that Dinithe Aloka had "come willingly".[56]
Senaratne suffered a heart attack on 19 February 2016 and was initially treated at a private hospital in Colombo.[69][70][71] He was flown to the private Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore where he underwent a three-hour heart bypass surgery on 19 February 2016.[72][73] After a period of recovery, Senaratne returned to Sri Lanka on 17 March 2016.[74][75]
Senaratne lost his parliamentary seat in 2024.[76]
Rajith has been accused of multiple cases of corruption. The Bribery Commission had filed indictments against him for causing unlawful loss to the government when leasing out the Modara Fisheries harbor to a private company during his time as fisheries minister in 2014 under the Rajapaksa administration.[78] During his time as health minister under the Yahapalana administration he was accused of large stocks of medicine which were accused of being below standards without issuing tenders.[79]
Conspiracy Theories during 2019 Easter Bombings
Rajitha Senaratne was accused of spreading conspiracy theories during the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter Bombings where he claimed the Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa had funded some members of the National Tawheed Jamaath (NTJ) terrorist group.[80]
"White Van" Interview
During the 2019 Presidential Election Rajitha organised a "dramatic" interview where two people one claiming to be a White Van driver and another claiming to be a Victim of White Van abductions claimed that White Vans were used to kidnap people under the orders of Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa when he was defence secretary and the corpses fed to crocodiles. Further they claimed that they transported 7000 metric tons of Gold owned by the LTTE which is higher than the gold stored in the United States Bullion Depository. After the SLPP lawyers association complained to the police both the actors claiming to be White Van Drivers and Rajitha was arrested.[81][82][83]
Misinformation during COVID-19 Pandemic
In May 2019 Rajitha falsely claimed that the virus had spread to school children in Colombo. Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) opened investigations and questioned him in the Negambo Prison where he is being detained by a court order due to another separate incident.[84][85]
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