COLOMBO (News 1st) – Various views were expressed regarding a twitter post by Dr. Subramanian Swamy, a senior leader of the Indian Bharatiya Janatha Party, regarding former President Mahinda Rajapaksa becoming the next president of Sri Lanka.

Today Fmr President of Sri Lanka and probably the next President is arriving in New Delhi at the invitation of Virat Hindustan Sangam(https://t.co/ZxnmT5GgpH). He will address a public meeting (admission by invitation ) on 12th on “Indo-Srilanka Relations : The Way Forward”.

— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) September 9, 2018

At a media briefing held on Wednesday (Sept 12th), a journalist questioned UPFA MP, Dallas Alahapperuma about the tweet.

The MP replied that the question should be raised from Subramaniam Swamy himself and that the statement could have been made believing what G.L. Peiris had said on the possibility of MR being able to contest once again.