PM Narendra Modi Meet with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Photo: PTINew Delhi: India on Sunday welcomed the reappointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lanka’s prime minister almost two months after he was sacked by president Maithripala Sirisena ending a 51-day crisis that had paralysed the island nation. For India, the open war between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe meant the end of an alliance it had stitched up between Sri Lanka’s opposition in 2015 which had defeated the China leaning Rajapaksa in national polls. It is a victory for Sri Lanka’s democratic institutions and the sovereignty of our citizens. In a Twitter post, Rajapaksa’s son Namal said: “Politics aside I would like to congratulate @RW_UNP being appointed as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

Source: Mint December 16, 2018 12:11 UTC