{"id":14668,"date":"2025-03-03T05:41:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=14668"},"modified":"2025-03-03T05:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:42:00","slug":"is-this-a-video-of-npp-minister-using-obscene-words-during-budget-debate-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/is-this-a-video-of-npp-minister-using-obscene-words-during-budget-debate-en\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP Minister using obscene words during the budget debate? Find out the facts.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Shrilanka-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Shrilanka-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Shrilanka-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Shrilanka-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Shrilanka-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Shrilanka.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"style=\"background-color:#b6babf91\"><a href=\" https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va5pj8o4IBh5WxNhlE0I \"> Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel <\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A viral claim accompanying a video implied that a Minister from the National People\u2019s Power used obscene words in the parliament during the budget debate. Here is an investigation we conducted regarding that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social Media Posts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 17<sup>th<\/sup>, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presented the inaugural budget of the National People\u2019s Power Government in the Parliament. On the following day (February 18) a video was posted on Facebook with the statement \u201cYou filled the parliament with PhD people who utter foul language?\u201d (\u201c<em>\u0db8\u0dda<\/em><em>&nbsp; <\/em><em>\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dda<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dd4<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0dc4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db4<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1<\/em><em> phd <\/em><em>\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dba\u0ddc\u0db1\u0dca<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0db6\u0db1\u0dca<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0d8b\u0db6\u0dbd\u0dcf<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0d95\u0d9a<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u0db4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0dc0\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dda<\/em><em>\u201d)<\/em>, in which a minister made an obscene statement in the parliament&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameBorder='0' width='640' height='360' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/embed?id=37141195&#038;shareKey=74fc16fc0855ccb033923577318a2c02\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the educational qualification of Ministers of National People\u2019s Power was a major topic in the past few months, the video was further posted on social media, implying that it is an instance of one of the PhD scholars from the government using utter foul language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdJMUA2tulT0Xwr2G1Z61Z2tXsgr5dEs2bUz3BOH57bHfnL1bpaXXqp0rsvQhxxe22kagUaOaVYcj6ivhp9wSxAFQTyWbrBvPRTL0vAA0UUZiTDW-MoMKUv-lXICfYjFjj3LNNjcKzRYdkZw0okYKk?key=T9iJGn5Ol_tJivgholdoPQKt\" width=\"318\" height=\"249\"><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfVhlU-hdfWpgq81Ble0J7dIZIgHb7MEiR_t8Qk2aZTsKmoomvrZm1iw2euV2KfIGPFJeh0Y9P38OYWK0ekdIQToNSTIU64IaL39SMIq7hfwwC9GNFa2GpgA4Or9reYZyxCY5xEZztyJWvGmD8Gyg?key=T9iJGn5Ol_tJivgholdoPQKt\" width=\"340\" height=\"228\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But did such an incident really happen during the recent budget debates? Let\u2019s look at the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact &#8211; Check:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Anura Dissanayake presented the budget speech for the year 2025 on February 17th. The debate on the second reading of the budget was held for seven days from February 18th to 25th. The debate in the budget committee is held from February 27<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, we checked the live broadcast of the budget speech to see whether a minister had used obscene words during the debate after the budget speech, but we did not observe such an incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, such a situation wasn\u2019t reported in the mainstream media as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, this video mentions the caption \u201cThe foul language uttered by the state minister during the budget\u201d (\u201c<em>\u0d85\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dba<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>\u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0dca<\/em><em>\u200d<\/em><em>\u0dba<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>\u0d87\u0db8\u0dad\u0dd2<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd6<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dd4\u0dc4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db4\u0dba<\/em>\u201d). However, the National People\u2019s Power government did not appoint any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/breaking-news\/No-more-state-ministers-26-28-deputy-ministers-to-be-appointed-soon\/108-296263\">state ministers<\/a>, only <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.gov.lk\/view\/extra-gazettes\/2024\/11\/2411-10_E.pdf\">cabinet ministers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.gov.lk\/view\/extra-gazettes\/2024\/11\/2412-23_E.pdf\">deputy ministers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, as the state ministers were not appointed by the current government, as mentioned in the video, we made an inquiry to find out who the minister making the relevant statement was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We inspected a few keyframes from the video using a reverse image search, and it became clear that the video was posted on Facebook on December 4th, 2022, during the budget debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeTg8m3EjZ3Ixgy8aS45tt4l3rhpwmlO9dPjJPVTh9geVRlENGRnNW6TRn4rR5DIOgmAFw0c4K7dHHycy3aIvSo0epogYV9wg8Fo633_6usFL7KU-IBVlxqRE-TlC1D-INqcqK_Ysr31tnZP8O-EKg?key=T9iJGn5Ol_tJivgholdoPQKt\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This relevant news was published on a <a href=\"https:\/\/sinhala.mawratanews.lk\/exclusive\/%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%9a%e0%b6%b1\/\">website<\/a> at the time, and this video was also quoted there. It is mentioned that it is the parliamentary state minister Tenuka Widanagamage of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramune (SLPP). A copy of his speech in the Parliament on December 3rd, 2022, was also included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.lk\/uploads\/documents\/hansard\/1675420746048020.pdf\">Hansard report<\/a> on that day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the State Minister for Urban Development and Housing at that time, having taken up that position in September 2022. He represented the eighth parliament from 2017 to 2020 and the ninth parliament from 2022 to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXd427_l4sPJtKUfkzgLJjS1KE2fkU-jOjHSixxYbaPiMsjNsiT_SKc0KtvkefupEr_qEf-uQb-Mwu0z5VQk9PNHp1-B85fO8CcTmSLtAPsQ8jkkSBWjzaHYZY0ud9_NxNHrzOvQuVRU5kIHUC2DWvQ?key=T9iJGn5Ol_tJivgholdoPQKt\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he is not among the <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.gov.lk\/view\/extra-gazettes\/2024\/11\/2411-10_E.pdf\">Cabinet Ministers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.gov.lk\/view\/extra-gazettes\/2024\/11\/2412-23_E.pdf\">Deputy Ministers<\/a> of the National People\u2019s Power government and does not represent the current parliament either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, we went through the footage on 18th February to find out whether there had been any similar incident in which an NPP Minister had used foul language; however, there was no report of any such incident either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join us to learn more about our investigative fact findings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/factcrescendosl\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/factcrescendosl\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/factcrescendo_sl\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMODMpgswyNe-Aw\"><strong>Google News<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@factcrescendosl\"><strong>TikTok<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our investigation has made it clear that the video clip implying that an NPP minister was using obscene language during the recent budget debate was not actually a recent clip and did not represent any NPP parliamentarian.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The viral clip dates back to a budget debate in December 2022. The person in question is then-state minister Tenuka Vidanagamage of SLPP, and he is not a current parliamentarian either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n\t\t\t\t\t<html>\n\t\t\t\t\t<head>\n\t\t\t\t\t<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t\t\t.container {\n\t\t\t\t\t  border: 2px solid #000;\n\t\t\t\t\t  background-color: #eee;\n\t\t\t\t\t  border-radius: 5px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  padding: 16px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin: 16px 0\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container::after {\n\t\t\t\t\t  content: \"\";\n\t\t\t\t\t  clear: both;\n\t\t\t\t\t  display: table;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container img {\n\t\t\t\t\t  float: left;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin-right: 20px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  border-radius: 50%;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container span {\n\t\t\t\t\t  font-size: 20px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin-right: 15px;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t@media (max-width: 500px) {\n\t\t\t\t\t  .container {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  text-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t\t\t  .container img {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  margin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  float: none;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  display: block;\n\t\t\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/head>\n\t\t\t\t\t<body>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factcrescendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/False.png\" alt=\"Avatar\" style=\"width:120px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p><span>Title:<\/span>NPP Minister using obscene words during the budget debate? 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