Sri Lanka Relations.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Perumana (SLPP) candidate

Gotabaya

Rajapaksa won the presidential elections that took place on 16 November

2019. He won

against the National Democratic Front candidate and the United National

Party (UNP)

leader Sajit Premadasa with a comfortable margin. The election victory of

SLPP

brought back his brother and the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as

Prime

Minister (PM) of the country. The election result may bring significant changes

at the

domestic level in terms of political and economic policies. Sri Lanka may

reorient its

relations with other countries that can bring maximum benefit to the country.

At the

same time, India and Sri Lanka may have to work harder in ensuring a

smooth

bilateral and regional cooperation due to divergence of opinion on some

political,

economic and security issues confronting both nations. In this context this
issue brief

touches upon the post-election developments, possible political, economic and

security
changes at the domestic level; Sri Lanka’s foreign policy expectations and

India-Sri

Lanka relations in a changed political scenario in Sri Lanka.