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TopicMahinda Rajapaksa

Topic: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Race for absolute power in Sri Lanka will signal a proxy war between India and China

Seshadri Chari -
With both India and Sri Lanka gearing up for general elections, cautious optimism should be the keyword in diplomacy.

President Sirisena reinstates Wickremesinghe as prime minister to end Sri Lanka crisis

Anusha Ondaatjie -
President Sirisena had earlier fired Wickremesinghe on 26 October replacing him with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lanka PM, Wickremesinghe to be reinstated

PTI -
Rajapaksa resigned following a Supreme Court decision declaring that the dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena was "illegal".

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign and end political crisis, says his son

PTI -
Rajapaksa was appointed as the prime minister on October 26 by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move.

Sri Lankan court bars Mahinda Rajapaksa from acting as prime minister

PTI -
Irreparable damage could be caused if persons not entitled to do so sit as prime minister and cabinet ministers, the court said according to a person who attended the hearing.

Maharashtra’s sugar factories gulp more and unending power cuts in Kashmir

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
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Sri Lanka MPs pass no-trust motion against controversially-appointed PM Rajapaksa

PTI -
Last month, President Sirisena sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe and suspended the Parliament plunging the island nation into a crisis.

Sri Lanka Supreme Court stays Sirisena’s order to sack parliament

PTI -
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court delivered the ruling after 2 days of deliberations on as many as 13 petitions against Sirisena's decision.

Sri Lanka’s ousted PM mounts legal challenge against President’s decision to dissolve Parliament

Anusha Ondaatjie -
On Monday, Wickremesinghe’s United National Party and the opposition Tamil National Alliance filed formal petitions in the Supreme Court challenging President Sirisena's decision. 

Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka may be released to tilt scales in favour of Rajapaksa

PTI -
The move will be aimed at attempting to persuade the Tamil legislators to switch their allegiance to Prime Minister Rajapaksa.
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National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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