Reveal The Four RAW Agents in Your Cabinet, Sri Lankan President Sirisena Told

[Crixus]

Reveal The Four RAW Agents in Your Cabinet, Sri Lankan President Sirisena Told
Mahinda Amaraweera, the general secretary of the President Maithripala Sirisena’s own party, was quoted as saying that the names of the four ministers with RAW links will be exposed.


News18.com


New Delhi: Sri Lankan opposition MP Namal Rajapaksa has asked President Maithripala Sirisena to reveal the RAW agents in his cabinet, as has been alleged by his minister Mahinda Amaraweera.

In a report in the Daily Mirror, Amaraweera, the general secretary of the President Maithripala Sirisena’s own party, was quoted as saying that the names of the four ministers with RAW links will be exposed.

Slamming the Sirisena government over lack of information, Namal, who is the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said that the statement by Amamraweera, which came close on the heels of Sirisena allegedly saying that RAW was planning to assassinate him, were grave.


“There is no proper information given to us. No information has been shared with the public. There is said to be an investigation going on against the DIG and few others but there is no proper information given to us,” Namal told News18, adding that such statements could not be taken lightly.


Calling the government to be transparent, he said the statements made by the leaders was serious enough to create international conspiracies.

“If the President or Amaraweera have any evidence to say there are RAW agents, there should be a proper investigation. Sirisena must have an independent inquiry about these statements. It involves two neighboring countries with very strong bilateral relationships,” he further said.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena last week reportedly told his Cabinet that Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was plotting his assassination, a charge that was immediately denied by the President’s office.

The Hindu had quoted sources present at the meeting as saying that Sirisena had told those present in the meeting that RAW was “trying to kill him”, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi “may not be aware of the plan”.

Senior presidential advisor Shiral Lakthilaka has denied the report, calling it false.

The alleged statement by Sirisena put both nations into damage control mode, which included a phone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Sri Lankan President. Foreign ministries of both countries issued statements too.

This is not the first time that a Sri Lankan leader has accused the Indian agency of interference. Following his poll defeat in 2015, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa held RAW among those responsible for the change in regime.

https://www.news18.com/news/world/r...i-lankan-president-sirisena-told-1919819.html

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

Yawn! India and RAW are just punching bags in SriLankan politics for quite some time. This only means that the coalition government is having problems.

 

[Crixus]

Insight: Indian spy's role alleged in Sri Lankan president's election defeat

COLOMBO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India’s spy agency in the run-up to this month’s presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.


Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa reacts during his final rally ahead of presidential election in Piliyandala January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
An Indian foreign ministry spokesman denied any expulsion and said that transfers were routine decisions. Rajapaksa, voted out of office in the Jan 8 election, told Reuters he did not know all the facts while the new government in Colombo has said it is aware of the reports but cannot confirm them.

But several sources in both Colombo and New Delhi said India was asked to recall the agent in December for helping gather support for joint opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena after persuading him to ditch Rajapaksa’s cabinet.

A sketchy report in Sri Lanka’s Sunday Times newspaper on December 28 said that “links with the common opposition” had cost India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) station chief his job in Colombo.

India has often been involved in the internal politics of the small island nation off its southern coast - it sent troops there in 1987 in a botched effort to broker peace between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.

Rajapaksa’s unexpected defeat after two terms in office coincided with growing concern in India that it was losing influence in Sri Lanka because of the former president’s tilt toward regional rival China.

The concern turned to alarm late last year when Rajapaksa allowed two Chinese submarines to dock in Sri Lanka without warning New Delhi as he should have under a standing agreement, the sources said.

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Sirisena, the new president, has said he will visit New Delhi on his first foreign trip next month and has said India is the “first, main concern” of his foreign policy.

An Indian official said the RAW agent was recalled after complaints that he had worked with Sri Lanka’s usually fractious opposition parties to agree on a joint contender for the election. Then, he was accused of facilitating meetings to encourage several lawmakers, among them Sirisena, to defect from Rajapaksa’s party, the official said.

The agent was accused of playing a role in convincing the main leader of the opposition and former prime minister Ranil Wickremasinghe not to contest against Rajapaksa in the election and stand aside for someone who could be sure of winning, said the officer and a Sri Lankan lawmaker who also maintains close contacts with India.

The agent was also in touch with former president Chandrika Kumaratunga, who was a key player in convincing Sirisena to stand, said the officer and the lawmaker, who also confirmed that the agent had been asked to leave.

“They actively were involved, talking to Ranil, getting those things organised, talking to Chandrika,” the lawmaker told Reuters.

“CERTAIN THINGS YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT”
Wickremasinghe, who is now prime minister again in Sirisena’s government, met “two or three times” with the man identified as the agent in the months before the vote, as well as with the Indian high commissioner, or ambassador, the prime minister’s spokesman said.


“They discussed the current political situation,” Wickremasinghe’s spokesman said, but he denied that the Indians had advised him. “He does not know if he advised other politicians.”It was not clear if Wickremasinghe was aware at the time that he was meeting with an intelligence official. India’s RAW officers are usually given diplomatic posts when assigned to foreign missions.

Former president Kumaratunga did not respond to requests for comment.

Rajapaksa declined to confirm the involvement of India in the campaign against him.

“I don’t know, I won’t suspect anybody until I get my real facts,” he said at his party headquarters.

“There are certain things you don’t talk about,” a close associate of the Rajapaksa family said, but added that “there were clear signs of a deep campaign by foreign elements.”

Sri Lanka’s then defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa - a brother of the former president - complained about the agent’s activities to Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval in November when Doval was visiting the island nation for a defence seminar, the Indian official said.

Another Indian official, who monitors the region for security threats, said New Delhi had been watching Beijing’s growing influence and heavy investments in Sri Lanka under Rajapaksa, who visited China seven times since becoming president in 2005.

But India was stunned and angry last year when the Chinese submarines docked in Sri Lanka on two separate occasions, a step New Delhi saw as part of Beijing’s “string of pearls” strategy to secure a foothold in South Asia and maritime access through the Indian Ocean.


“The turning point in the relationship was the submarines. There was real anger,” the Indian security official said.

Indian military officials said that New Delhi reminded Sri Lanka it was obliged to inform its neighbours about such port calls under a maritime pact, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue with Rajapaksa at a meeting in New York.

In a possible sign of shifting allegiances, India’s top envoy in Colombo, High Commissioner Y.K. Sinha, presented Sirisena with a large bouquet of flowers just hours after the results were announced on Jan 9. China’s ambassador was only able to meet the new president six days later.

https://in.reuters.com/article/sri-...sidents-election-defeat-idINKBN0KR03J20150118

Yawn! India and RAW are just punching bags in SriLankan politics for quite some time. This only means that the coalition government is having problems.

@SuvarnaTeja the guy who pulled this regeime change in Sri Lanka is K Ilango .... most probably the next R&AW chief

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

@SuvarnaTeja the guy who pulled this regeime change in Sri Lanka is K Ilango .... most probably the next R&AW chief

There is no RAW in SriLanka. RAW is in existential crisis due to lack of funds. They are fighting in the streets of Delhi for the leftovers.

SriLankans use India and RAW as punching bags. That's it.

 

[manlion]

Lion-Dragon Bonhomie: Sri Lanka Seeks Chinese Phone Manufacturer’s Help To Probe ‘RAW Assassination Plot’

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[Maxpane]

Bad news poor sri lankan

 

[Crixus]

Your response suits Indian govt , and you are right R&AW is pretty use less when compared to the intl of the countries with the same economies .... but believe me they are pretty good in regime changes in the Indian sub continent (Maldives*)

There is no RAW in SriLanka. RAW is in existential crisis due to lack of funds. They are fighting in the streets of Delhi for the leftovers.

SriLankans use India and RAW as punching bags. That's it.

Sri-Lanks has 2.5 times more percapita GDP then Pakistan and irony is they are calling them poor

This is expected from the son of the ex president, who was defeated over corruption allegations.



Pakistani calling Srilanka poor is an oxymoron.

 

[Dash]

Your response suits Indian govt , and you are right R&AW is pretty use less when compared to the intl of the countries with the same economies .... but believe me they are pretty good in regime changes in the Indian sub continent (Maldives*)


Sri-Lanks has 2.5 times more percapita GDP then Pakistan and irony is they are calling them poor

GDP doesnt matter to them and militarily they are more powerful. Thats why. And I am pretty sure the gentleman was speaking from point of strength.

 

[Maxpane]

This is expected from the son of the ex president, who was defeated over corruption allegations.



Pakistani calling Srilanka poor is an oxymoron.

sir am not troll like you so plz on topic

 

[Maxpane]

choice of words sometimes get us into trouble. and please no personal attacks.

sir I never personal attack and never will be .

 

[Dash]

sir I never personal attack and never will be .

You called me a troll without knowing me. Anyway.

Peace out.