📉 Rise & Fall of Mahindananda Aluthgamage

From humble beginnings to the top of Sri Lanka’s 🇱🇰 political hierarchy — his downfall came from the very corruption he embraced. Timeline:

⭕ 1964: Born in Nawalapitiya

⭕ Early ’80s: First Job, Insurance agent, Rs. 1,250/month

⭕ 2000: Elected MP (Kandy)

⭕ 2010: Appointed Sports Minister

⭕ 2014: Wife files for divorce; demands Rs. 500M + Rs. 5M/month—extravagant wealth exposed

⭕ 2016: Arrested over Rs. 27M luxury house and Money laundering allegations

⭕ 2017: Marries Senani Jayaratne (daughter of ex-PM D.M. Jayaratne)

⭕ 2019: Publishes the book “Yahapalana Top-10 Kamba Horu”

⭕ 2019: Becomes State Minister of Power & Energy

⭕ 2024-09-24: Loses parliamentary seat, retires from politics

⭕ 2025: Remanded over alleged role in "organic
fertiliser" scam

⭕ 2025: Sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after being convicted of knowingly abusing official powers and causing a Rs. 53 million loss to the government.

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