New Delhi: Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake is now the new President of Sri Lanka. Dissanayake is considered a leader who supports China. In such a situation, this may have an impact on India. Many experts of the Foreign Ministry have shared their opinion on this.
Many foreign policy experts say that India has supported Sri Lanka in many such difficult situations. It has helped Sri Lanka. Therefore, even if Anura Kumara Disanayake wants, he cannot ignore India. Disanayake may be a supporter of China, but he will not take any anti-India step.
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Dissanayake is harmful for India
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Dissanayake and his party have been opponents of the JVP
Professor Harsh V Pant, vice-chairman of the Department of Studies and Foreign Policy at the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation, believes that although Dissanayake and the JVP's stance was a bit anti-India earlier, a change has been seen in recent years. While his party JVP has traditionally been anti-India.
Pant said that Dissanayake's party has been inclined against Indian influence since the beginning. If you look at their history, you will find that they have protested violently against India many times.
Why Dissanayake cannot ignore India
In the year 2022, when Sri Lanka was facing a severe economic crisis, Dissanayake was considered a vocal opponent of the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Then Rajapaksa's government fell and Wickremesinghe came. Dissanayake will probably remember the way India helped Sri Lanka during that time. He presented himself as a leader fighting against corruption. Professor Gladson Xavier of Loyola College, Chennai also believes that the new President will keep in mind the financial help given by India. He said this while talking to a BBC correspondent on this issue.
What is the problem with Sri Lanka's foreign policy in India
Actually, Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the leader of the leftist party. He himself is a leader of the leftist ideology. Not only this, Dissanayake is also a supporter of China. China is India's arch rival country. On the other hand, India has a right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party government. In such a situation, it is considered reasonable that the relations between the two countries will be affected due to the opposite ideologies.
Why does India have expectations from Dissanayake
Let us tell you that Anura Kumara Disanayake came to India in the month of February this year. However, no one would have thought then that about seven months from now he would become the President of Sri Lanka. At that time, India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar expressed happiness over this meeting. He wrote in a post on the social media site that a good discussion has taken place on deepening and strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
What impact will China have on India?
Actually, the biggest problem India has with China is its expansionist policy. China adopts the policy of getting closer to India's neighbouring countries by giving them economic aid and loans. In return, it takes full advantage of the lands of those countries. It does development work there and under this pretext, gradually tries to capture India's occupied lands.
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A look at Dissanayake's politics
In the results that came on 22 September, leftist leader Anura Kumara Disanayake won the presidential election of Sri Lanka. He is the leader of JVP i.e. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and was contesting the election from NPP i.e. National People's Power Alliance. In the presidential election held in the year 2019, Disanayake got only 3% votes. In this election, in the first round, Disanayake got 42.31% votes and his rival Sajith Premadasa got 32.76% votes.
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