A Facebook post with a photo of a group of people who attended the rally organized by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party is circulating on social media reading “Who gave drinks before the picket started”.
The photo displays a bunch of people lying on the street and the post suggests that the people are drunk.
Source – https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=444856167208481&set=a.436930931334338
FactSeeker inspection into the above Facebook post revealed that the photo was taken by a group of people who attended a rally organized by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party on November 16, 2021.
Source- https://www.gossiplankanews.com/2021/11/Opposition-protesters-were-not-allowed-to-board-buses.html
They have been lying on the crossing because the police have restricted entry to buses with more participants for the rally.
Source – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQJqO0zge74&t=3s
Therefore, the Facebook post stating that the participants of the rally were lying on the street because they were consuming alcohol is a misleading post and they are lying on the street to protest against the obstruction caused by the police.