US visa for Gnanasara thero revoked - BBS

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) today said that the United States had revoked a visa given to the General Secretary of the organization Galabodaaththe Gnanasara Thero. Speaking to Ada Derana the Chief Executive Officer of the BBS, Dilantha Vithanage said that this was another conspiracy against the BBS.

Gnanasara Thero had obtained a US visa in 2011 and the visa is valid for five years, Vithanage added.

We received a telephone call from the embassy detailing that the visa has been temporarily revoked, he claimed. Vithanage stated that many organizations in Sri Lanka have conspired to have this visa revoked.

 Vithanage claimed that the attempt by some to associate the name of BBS with the recent incidents at Althgama and Beruwala was the main reason behind the revocation of the US visa.