Political analysts compare this to India’s NDTV getting its men to enter Lok Sabha.

Facebook and other social media users say this will render the Sri Lankan politics helpless if Maharaja gets the political remote control after the SLMC and the JVP.

Most members of the Rajamahendran’s 18 cronies are already holding positions in political parties.

What they believe in is not the policy of the political party, but the policy of Rajamahendran.

The gang of 18 comprises Chandana Sooriyabandara, Suranga Senanayake, Roshan Priya Watawala, Yasarath Kamalsiri, Priyantha Wijesinghe, Chevaan Daniel, Sripal Wanniarachchi, Susil Kindelpitiya, S.M. Marikkar, Susara Dinal de Silva, J. Sri Ranga, Sanjeewa Ranatunga, Thanuja Jayawardena, Ayona Wickramasinghe, Omaya Kovilagodage, Chethana Liyanage, Kingsley Ratnayake and Buddhika Pathirana.