Why election verdict is good news for Sri Lanka and India
In this photograph taken on October 23, 2006, then Sri Lanka Freedom Party secretary, Maithripala Sirisena (second left) and opposition United National Party senior party official, Malik Samarawickrema (second right) sign an agreement to work together towards a political settlement to the island's drawn out separatist conflict with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as the then Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse (left) of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) looks on in Colombo. (AFP file photo/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)
Sri Lanka's parliamentary election result on Tuesday, which saw the victory of current incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe and put an end to the prime ministerial hopes of Mahinda Rajapaksa, is good news both for Sri Lanka and India.
