Comedy drama in India – Gota’s Dilemma

| by Our Special Correspondent

(October 30, 2012, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian)  ‘Do you have a pragmatic solution to the minority problem in your country if you are opposed to the 13^th Amendment to the constitution?’ was the first comment made over a cup of tea with the Secretary for Defence and Urban Development, Retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Sri Lanka Army, Dr (War victory doctorate), Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, by high-level officials of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. 

Gotabaya Rajapaksa tried his best to mollycoddle India when clarifications were made by the Indian officials. He reflected that he is with India and went on to extent of agreeing with Indian government’s current policy on Sri Lanka.

He seemed to have had a chilling discussion. The Indian counterpart did not express his views on the recent political development in Sri Lanka and was listening to the Secretary to say all what he had to tell on his own.

The Secretary was able to illustrate his views on the political circumstances and tried hard to take a pro-Indian stance to appease India to impress that he is not against the neighbour.

In has come to light that Gotabaya Rajapaksa confessed that he had to take the anti-13^th  Amendment stance to keep the momentum of the Sinhalese-Buddhist vote base, but that innermost he is willing to find a solution to the Tamil issue in consultation with the neighbour and the other communities in Sri Lanka.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa tried his best to mollycoddle India when clarifications were made by the Indian officials. He reflected that he is with India and went on to extent of agreeing with Indian government’s current policy on Sri Lanka.

“Our tone will be different locally, otherwise we will lose our power,” said a close contact of Gotabaya Rajapakse after the meeting. 

When it came to explain about the Parliamentary Select Committee process to resolve the national conflict, he was wavering and most of his comments were about the LTTE threats and the war victory that ended terrorism in the island. The Indian counterpart was patiently listening to him.

It is clear Gota has betrayed his own Sinhalese-Buddhist ideology of extremism by avoiding to hurt India. Especially his comment about KP must have been listened to with consternation. The officials must have thought KP is his puppy dog and a refugee receiving special dole from Rajapaksa & Co.