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Last Updated: BJP To Expand Abroad? Sri Lanka s Election Commissioner Takes Note; Explains The Terms Sri Lanka has responded to Tripura CM s remarks that India s ruling party BJP has plans to expand its footprint in the neighbouring island nation and Nepal. Sri Lanka on Monday responded to Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb s remarks that India s ruling party BJP has plans to expand its footprint in the neighbouring island nation and Nepal. Sri Lanka s Election Commission Chairman Nimal Punchihewa shot down reports saying the country s electoral law does not permit such an arrangement. Any Sri Lankan political party or group is permitted to have external links with any party or group overseas. But, our electoral laws do not permit overseas political parties to work here, Punchihewa told reporters. Interestingly, last year, President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa s brother, Basil, had said he envisioned modelling the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna either on the lines of the BJP or the

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