This group is obtaining privileges by alarming the President after deliberately such planting news reports through certain media affiliated to them.
Speaking to 'Sri Lanka Mirror' , a senior official of the Presidential Secretariat said that Minister Basil Rajapaksa has found out that a group of government ministers and MPs have created a 'racket' out of this.
Once the false news report had created panic within the Rajapaksas, these ministers and MPs obtain cash, a vehicle or other privileges in exchange for not crossing over, the official added.