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Indian intervention in Lankan politics; Clergy raises red flag
Indian intervention in Lankan politics; Clergy raises red flag
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Colombo (News 1st); There is Indian intervention when it comes to electing a new administration, alleged the Chair of the Surakimu Sri Lanka Organization, the Venerable Pahiyangala Ananda Sagara Thero.
When such an administration is placed in power, they are only focused on selling the resources of the country, said the Thero adding the Palaly Housing Project is taking place according to the whims and fancies of the Indian Government and not according to the requirement of the Sri Lankan Government.
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has scrapped a deal to develop a major port terminal with India and Japan amid weeks-long protests by trade unions and opposition parties while New Delhi called on its neighbour to honour the agreement.
Sri Lanka had previously agreed to develop a strategic container terminal at the Colombo port with India and Japan. Under the deal, 49 percent of the terminal’s shares were to be owned by India and Japan while Sri Lanka’s Ports Authority would retain the majority stake.
But on Tuesday, Sri Lanka’s government declared the East Container Terminal a wholly owned container terminal of the Ports Authority.
Sri Lanka Cancels Colombo East Container Terminal Deal With India Under Trade Unions Pressure, Offers Better Alternative
by M R Subramani - Feb 3, 2021 10:33 AM
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Facebook)
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On 28 January, Colombo Portâs 23 trade unions, backed by over 220 unions across the island nation, began a protest against the project being given to foreign companies.
However, a Chinese company, backed by the Xi Jinping government, operates an international container terminal at the Colombo harbour adjacent to the Eastern Container Terminal.
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka has scrapped an agreement to develop a strategic East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo port with help from India and Japan.
Sir Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's office on Tuesday said that they scrapped the deal to develop a major port terminal with India and Japan amid weeks-long protests by trade unions and opposition parties.