NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday voiced concern over the arrest of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, describing the costs in opposition to him as “trivial” and urging Colombo to chorus from the”politics of vengeance.” “Involved concerning the detention of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on what, on the face of it, appear trivial prices. His well being points have already seen him taken to the jail hospital,” Tharoor, a former diplomat, wrote on X whereas sharing an previous {photograph} with the Sri Lankan chief.
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“I name on the federal government of Sri Lanka — whereas absolutely respecting that that is their inside matter — to abjure the politics of vengeance and deal with their former President with the respect and dignity that he deserves, after his a long time of service to the nation,” he added.Also Read | Sri Lanka’s ex-president hospitalized: Wickremesinghe rushed to ICU; condition now ‘stable’The 76-year-old Sri Lankan politician was arrested on Friday on allegations of state funds’ misuse, as reported by Newswire Lanka.His arrest is linked to allegations of utilizing state funds to cowl the bills for a personal go to to London, the place he had attended a college commencement ceremony.Investigators allege that the journey, which fashioned a part of a wider abroad tour, was not an official engagement however was financed with authorities cash.Wickremesinghe, who additionally served because the island nation’s prime minister, assumed workplace as its interim president in July 2022 following Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s elimination. He misplaced the presidential elections to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the chief of Nationwide Folks’s Energy, in September 2024.
