Hambantota district MP and offspring of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was seen perusing a book by Chathurika Sirisena, daughter of current President Maithripala Sirisena at the Colombo International Book Fair.

President Sirisena served as the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) while Rajapaksa was president and in a surprise move deflected from the government and presented himself as the common opposition candidate at the 2015 Presidential Election.

MP Namal Rajapaksa later posted a picture of the books he had purchased at the Colombo Book Fair which included some political and literary selections.