Sri Lanka is one of the neighboring countries of India. Not only because it is near, but the Tamils there feel more closeness. Linguistic and ethnic conflicts between the two countries are inexplicable. 2 years ago Sri Lanka was stuck in financial crisis due to bad economic practices. Gotabaya Rajapatse, the ruler of Sri Lanka, fled the country in fear of the resulting violence.
The day after tomorrow (Saturday) is the election to choose the president of Sri Lanka after the economic crisis. The campaign for this election ended yesterday. A total of 39 candidates have entered the fray in this election. One of them died suddenly recently. Due to this, a total of 38 candidates have fielded apart from him. It is said that 38 candidates have entered the field at the same time in the presidential elections held in Sri Lanka so far.
Of the 38 contestants, only 4 are known. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is the current president of Sri Lanka, is contesting as an independent. He has been campaigning for votes by claiming that he effectively brought Sri Lanka out of the economic crisis.
Similarly another popular contender is Sajith Premadas. He is contesting on behalf of a party called Samaki Jana Palawagaya. He got about 412 percent votes in the last presidential election. And Gotabaya was seen as a serious challenge to Rajapakse. This time the votes of Tamils and Muslims cannot be said to be Peruvar. The reason is that Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to split the votes this time.
Similarly, Janata Vimukti Peramuna candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake and senior Sri Lankan Gunaratna de Silva are ahead in various opinion polls. 4th is Namal Rajapakse, son of former President and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse.
He is contesting on behalf of Sri Lanka Budujana Peramuna. There are reports that he has intensified his politics targeting the upcoming parliamentary elections. It is noteworthy that even though Sri Lanka’s presidential election, a Tamil named Ariya Netheran has entered the field on behalf of many Tamil parties.
With such a multi-faceted competition going on, the presidential election is going to take place the day after tomorrow. After that, it is said that on the day of counting of votes, it will be known who will be the president of Sri Lanka.
