July 24, Colombo: Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has reportedly said that the government has an "obsession against" the Bandaranaike family.

A BBC news report today said the ex-President has also accused the government of "completely forgetting the legacy" of her mother, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's first woman prime minister.

She has said it was wrong to ignore her mother's accession to power 60 years ago.

"She was not remembered except by ordinary people," Kumaratunga has told BBC Sinhala.

"She put us on the world map. She was a prominent leader of the Non-Aligned Movement and took leadership in many other international negotiations," Kumaranatunga has reminded.

"Yet neither her party nor the government did anything at all to remember her achievement. I think it is very petty-minded and it is disgusting.

No-one from the government was available to respond to her allegations, the BBC said.