The Sri Lankan government should take legal action against the Bishop of Mannar Rayappu Joseph for “helping the LTTE”, the Bodu Bala Sena said according to The Island.
"If the government had the backbone and if its conscience was clear it should without hesitation arrest the Mannar Bishop for atrocities committed by the now defunct terrorist outfit," Gnanasara said.
The General Secretary of the Buddhist group, thought to be close to defence secretary Gothabhaya Rajapaksa, warned President Rajapaksa that the BBS was protecting Buddhism from religious extremists and other elements who wanted to wipe out the religion from the island.