The head of Bodu Bala Sena, a Sinhala nationalist extremist group, met with a Sri Lankan government minister this week, despite the organisation’s history of hate speech and inciting racial violence.
BBS Chief Galagodaaththe Gnanasara was invited to meet with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Agriculture Duminda Dissanayake at his government office. The minister went on to post photographs of the meeting on his social media accounts.
The meeting comes after the government confirmed that the notorious Buddhist monk also took part in a meeting with the Sri Lankan president in Tokyo last month.
The Buddhist monk is notorious for his inflammatory anti-Muslim hate speech and threats of violence, with several public appearances over the years. Despite initial court proceedings against the monk, no charges were ever brought against him.
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