Top official says Modi ‘pressured’ Gotabaya Rajapaksa, later withdraws remarks; President ‘vehemently denies’ statement
A Sri Lankan authentic decided to resign after triggering a huge controversy with his declare that an energy project in the u . s . was awarded to Indian industrialist Gautam Adani's group after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had forced the Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Top official says Modi ‘pressured’ Gotabaya Rajapaksa, later withdraws remarks; President ‘vehemently denies’ statement An Adani project in Sri Lanka is but again at the centre of controversy, after a top respectable of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) told a parliamentary panel that a renewable energy task in the island’s northern Mannar district was given to the Adani Group after Prime Minister Narendra Modi “pressured” President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. CEB Chairman M.M.C. Ferdinando made the remark on Friday earlier than the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), but soon withdrew it, pronouncing he had been “emotional”. Between his statement on Friday and swift withdrawal was a tweet from Mr. Gotabaya on Sa...