With Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as Sri Lanka's President, senio💎r Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday expressed worry that the turbulence in the island nation may continue and the economic crisis worsen.
Veteran p💟olitician Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday elected as Sri Lanka's president by lawmakers, in a rare move that could provide continuity for crucial 𓆏discussions with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout deal for the cash-strapped nation.
However, the development angered anti-governmen꧋t protesters who renewed their demand 🙈for his resignation.
"Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe was as unpopular as the Rajapaksas. The protest movement was directed against him too꧟. I am afraid his election as President of Sri Lanka will not end the protests nor usher in unity and peace," Chidambaram said.
"I a🌌m worried that the🌠 turbulence in Sri Lanka may continue and the economic crisis worsen," he said.
Chidඣambaram had attended an all-party meeti🍸ng called by the government on the Sri Lankan crisis on Tuesday.
The government had told the all-party meeting that India is naturally worried over the Sri Lankan crisis and there are "very strong" lessons of fiscal prudence, re🐠sponsible governance and not having "a culture of freebies" to be drawn from it.
(with inputs from PTI)
