He informed elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya about this during a telephone conversation.

The PM asked the polls chief to search these offices if there is any doubt that they are being used for political promotions, said a senior spokesman for the PM’s office.

An election department official can be deployed there as an observer if needed, the premier has said.

Transparency International Sri Lanka’s national coordinator Shan Wijetunga has complained to the elections commissioner that election meetings were being held at Temple Trees.