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Rajapaksas returning to power in Sri Lanka worries Tamil Nadu politicians

As parties in the state continue to fear for the future of the Tamils in the island nation, they have sought the Centre's help to protect them

Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa
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Brothers Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka PM, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, president, had played a key role in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | Photo: AP/PTI

T E Narasimhan
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, newly elected president of Sri Lanka and former defence secretary, had it out with J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi, both Tamil Nadu chief ministers in the past, over their allegations of atrocities on the Tamils during the last phase of the insurgency in 2009.

His return to power, along with his brother Mahinda, former president and now prime minister, is a concern among political parties in Tamil Nadu.

As parties in the state continue to fear for the future of the Tamils in the island nation, they have sought the Centre’s help to protect them. This is one issue that