Both leaders belong to powerful political dynasties. Premadasa is the son of assassinated former president Ranasinghe Premadasa, while Rajapaksa's brother is former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who led Sri Lanka's final assault in the civil war against Tamil separatists in the north.
In their own way, they have each expressed the desire to develop closer relations with India. Col. (Retd.) R Hariharan, who served as the head of intelligence for the Indian Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka from 1987-90, said India doesn't have anything to "worry" about with either of the two candidates.
Rajapaksa was the Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka during the civil war when his brother was President. Much of the accusations of human rights violations also fell on his shoulders. Despite that, he has managed to not to alienate India completely.
"Gotabaya has had first-hand experience of the advantage of having good relations with India during the Eelam War. In spite of strong anti-Sri Lanka political sentiment in Tamil Nadu, New Delhi did not allow it to overtake its national priority of not negatively intervening in Sri Lanka. India also helped out by softening the UN Human Rights Council when Rajapaksa was hauled up on allegations of gross human rights violations," he said.
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Both leaders belong to powerful political dynasties. Premadasa is the son of assassinated former president Ranasinghe Premadasa, while Rajapaksa's brother is former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who led Sri Lanka's final assault in the civil war against Tamil separatists in the north.
In their own way, they have each expressed the desire to develop closer relations with India. Col. (Retd.) R Hariharan, who served as the head of intelligence for the Indian Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka from 1987-90, said India doesn't have anything to "worry" about with either of the two candidates.
Rajapaksa was the Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka during the civil war when his brother was President. Much of the accusations of human rights violations also fell on his shoulders. Despite that, he has managed to not to alienate India completely.
"Gotabaya has had first-hand experience of the advantage of having good relations with India during the Eelam War. In spite of strong anti-Sri Lanka political sentiment in Tamil Nadu, New Delhi did not allow it to overtake its national priority of not negatively intervening in Sri Lanka. India also helped out by softening the UN Human Rights Council when Rajapaksa was hauled up on allegations of gross human rights violations," he said.
Annual Day Function
Annual Day and Fund raising function on 24th Nov.2019
fron 11.00AM onward
All sahaita charity from Rajasthan, New Delhi,Punjab,Himachal and J&K
