PM Modi's plan, which gave a big blow to China!
Prime minister Narendra Modi went on a three-day visit to sri lanka earlier this month (April 6, 2025). During this time, many agreements were made between india and sri lanka regarding defense matters. Due to these agreements, domestic critics of President Anura Kumar Dissanayake are trying to make it a political issue.
Perhaps it was not a coincidence that exactly 54 years and 1 day before the signing of the MoU (April 5, 1971), Dissanayake's political party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) launched Sri Lanka's first armed rebellion against indian expansion with the slogan of Motherland or Death. JVP is a political party running on Marxist-Leninist ideas. This party was involved in another armed rebellion against the then government in Colombo during 1987-89.
Dissanayake reached the Sri Lankan parliament for the first time in the year 2000
Dissanayake entered the Sri Lankan parliament for the first time in 2000 as a representative of the JVP. He has been the main voice of the party in parliament for the last 20 years. In 2019, Dissanayake formed a coalition called the National People's Power (NPP), which included the JVP as the main component and twenty other political parties, trade unions and social groups.
Last year, Dissanayake was elected President of sri lanka as the NPP leader. He became the first person to win the election as the leader of the third party after the SLFP and the UNP. However, when the MoU on defense was being signed inside the secretariat in Colombo on april 6, a faction separated from the JVP called the Peratugami Front was protesting against indian expansion outside the nearby fort Railway Station.
Sri Lanka is important for china because
This agreement has been reached at a time when China is also planning to expand in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is also very important for china because it wants to dominate the indian Ocean Region (IOR) under its String of Pearls strategy, which is a matter of concern for India. sri lanka leasing the Hambantota port to china for 99 years is part of this strategy.
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