The unruly protesters who converged near the Homagama Magistrate's Court on January 26 could have been robe wearers who were sent by the Sirikotha, Pahiyangala Ananda Sagara Thera stated yesterday.

Speaking to the media at the Bodu Bala Sena head office, Ananda Sagara Thera said that the Prime Minister knew that bogus 'robe wearers' had created disturbances near the Homagama courts when even the Buddhist monks such as himself were not sure as to what was actually going on.

"How did the Prime Minister know that there were bogus monks at the site of unrest?", asked Ananda Sagara Thera.

The press conference had been called at the BBS headquarters by the Collective of National Bikkhu Organisations which comprises of the BBS, Ravana Balaya, and Sinhala Ravaya.

Speaking at the press conference, Sinhala Ravaya Chairman Akmeemana Dayarathana Thera questioned the different standards of law enforcement applied to UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra and BBS General Secretary Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera.