Karunanayake was addressing the members of the Organization of Professional Associations on Friday night.
We summoned the five contractors and queried about the bids that they submitted to the previous government which, they said, totalled to Rs 245 Billion. When we questioned them, they said that they could do it for Rs 60 Billion less. When we asked them how, there was deft silence, which said it all, the Minister quipped.
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