India denies local media report it sought to influence election

GBNews24 Desk//

India has denied a local media report that said it sought to influence how legislators voted to elect the new president.

“We have seen baseless and purely speculative media reports about efforts at political level from India to influence political leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in the Sri Lankan Parliament to the post of the President of Sri Lanka,” India’s High Commission in Sri Lanka said in a statement, reports Al Jazeera.

“We categorically deny these media reports as completely false,” it said. “They are clearly a figment of someone’s imagination.”

“It is reiterated that India supports the realisation of aspirations of the people of Sri Lanka in accordance with democratic means and values, established institutions as well as constitutional provisions, and doesn’t interfere in internal affairs and democratic processes of another country.”