Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.
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Ridicules comparison of different countries with different issues. Sri Lanka had a smooth transition than Bangladesh because unlike the SriLankan government the Bangladeshi dictator ordered the army and police to shoot at sight which resulted in over 1000 dead and thousands more injured either losing sight or limbs. in Sri Lanka only Gotabaya Rajapaksa had ran away is Bangladesh Hasina and her entire team went into hiding as they know the crimes they committed against their people. Shekhar Gupta is just salty because an Indian agent Hasina has finally been kicked out of Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka will eventually be a successful country with a proper democratic polity.
Pakistan and Bangladesh are Muslim majority nations. Hence, it’s unrealistic to expect a democratic setup in these nations. Islam and democracy are like oil and water.
Shekhar Gupta’s obsession with Pakistan is very unhealthy though.
Sri Lanka – Ceylon then – was South Asia’s original success story. Had it not taken a hard majoritarian turn in terms of language, religion, ethnicity, leading to the debilitating three decade civil war, the rise and fall of the LTTE, it would have been on par with ASEAN states in terms of development and prosperity. 2. They have come through a terrible economic crisis, sovereign default, May they choose a better path forward. With or without the Thirteenth Amendment, treat the Tamil minority with fairness and respect. That may be better than reopening old wounds. 3. Sri Lanka should also find a sustainable balance between India and China.
comparison is ridiculous, look at the religion and you will know why democracy failed there. Rest is just propaganda from the Print.
Ridicules comparison of different countries with different issues. Sri Lanka had a smooth transition than Bangladesh because unlike the SriLankan government the Bangladeshi dictator ordered the army and police to shoot at sight which resulted in over 1000 dead and thousands more injured either losing sight or limbs. in Sri Lanka only Gotabaya Rajapaksa had ran away is Bangladesh Hasina and her entire team went into hiding as they know the crimes they committed against their people. Shekhar Gupta is just salty because an Indian agent Hasina has finally been kicked out of Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka will eventually be a successful country with a proper democratic polity.
Pakistan and Bangladesh are Muslim majority nations. Hence, it’s unrealistic to expect a democratic setup in these nations. Islam and democracy are like oil and water.
Shekhar Gupta’s obsession with Pakistan is very unhealthy though.
Sri Lanka – Ceylon then – was South Asia’s original success story. Had it not taken a hard majoritarian turn in terms of language, religion, ethnicity, leading to the debilitating three decade civil war, the rise and fall of the LTTE, it would have been on par with ASEAN states in terms of development and prosperity. 2. They have come through a terrible economic crisis, sovereign default, May they choose a better path forward. With or without the Thirteenth Amendment, treat the Tamil minority with fairness and respect. That may be better than reopening old wounds. 3. Sri Lanka should also find a sustainable balance between India and China.
I think pissfuls cannot handle democracy lol.
No need to make such a huge article man