Tamil Nadu-based DMK and AIADMK demanded that India should intervene in the crisis in neighboring Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu-based DMK and AIADMK demanded that India should intervene in the crisis in neighboring Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in seven decades, with a severe shortage in foreign exchange reserves. Besides, the shortage of reserves is hindering the import of essential commodities like food, fuel and medicines. The acute economic crisis has also triggered a political crisis in the country and a rebellion against the government. Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in country.
Acting President after Mr. Wickremesinghe Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns After escaping to Singapore last week.
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The Central Government of India convened an all-party meeting on 19 July on the Sri Lankan crisis, which was attended by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will address
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India
All party meeting on Sri Lanka crisis
The central government has called an all-party meeting on July 19 on the Sri Lankan crisis, which was attended by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will address
During the all-party meeting convened ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, Tamil Nadu’s DMK and AIADMK demanded that India should intervene in the crisis looming over the neighboring country.
After the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had said that both Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would brief leaders of various political parties on the Sri Lanka crisis during the all-party meeting. It is not clear whether Ms Sitharaman will address the meeting as she has tested COVID positive.
Colombo
Three-way fight for Sri Lankan presidency
Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and two others were proposed by lawmakers on Tuesday as three candidates for the July 20 presidential election to pick Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s successor against his government for mismanagement of the economy. Resigned after a popular revolt.
Mr. Wickremesinghe, 73, will face Dullas Alhapparuma, 63, a staunch Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist, and a splinter group of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party and leftist Janata Vimukthi Peramuna. JVP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 53, it was officially announced in Parliament.
Sajith Premadasa, 55, leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition Samagi Jana Balvegaya, said on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from the presidential race to support Alhapparuma.
The 225-member parliament is expected to elect a new president after July 20, who will serve the remainder of former President Rajapaksa’s term until November 2024.
Colombo
Security beefed up around Sri Lankan parliament ahead of presidential election
Security was beefed up in and around Sri Lanka’s Parliament complex on Tuesday after the Speaker filed a complaint with the Inspector General of Police demanding a detailed inquiry into some provocative posts published on social media threatening Members of Parliament.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abhayawardene’s complaint came hours before parliament was set to accept nominations for the presidency, which was vacated last week after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and later resigned.
Sri Lankan lawmakers from the ruling party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Monday complained of receiving threatening messages on social media warning them against voting for Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe. As a result, the police and the country’s armed forces have been deployed in and around the Parliament complex on Tuesday.
Police have warned that strict action will be taken against those who create, publish and circulate such threatening posts against MPs on social media.