Gotabaya Rajapaksa

The Rajapaksa brothers are adored by the Sinhala-Buddhist majority for spearheading the defeat of Tamil separatist militants in 2009Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, campaigned for voters to give his party a two-thirds parliamentary majority

Absolutism is already on the menu. Shared prosperity and true integration should be too

Jaishankar will be the first foriegn visitor to visit Colombo after the new administration under Gotabaya Rajapaksa assumed officeThe visit assumes significance given that Gotabaya is seen as pro-China and India would be keeping a close watch to see whether the new administration in Colombo walks a balance between New Delhi and Beijing

Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), who as defence secretary oversaw the final assault to crush Tamil separatists in 2009, has claimed victory in the country's presidential polls held on Saturday

The 35 candidates are the most to contest a presidential election in the Indian Ocean island nationRajapaksa, who served as defence chief under his brother and then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa, is popular for his part in ending Sri Lanka's long civil war a decade ago

Seeking polls 2 years before the end of his term, a decisive Rajapaksa victory was on the cards until the opposition came up with a common candidate, Maithripala Sirisena

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