COLOMBO (News 1st) – Senior leader of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Subramaniam Swami, met former President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning (August 22).

The meeting took place at the former President’s Mademulana residence.

The BJP stalwart also paid his respects to the mortal remains of the late Chandra Rajapaksa, the brother of the former president, currently lying at the Mademulana residence.

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