(UTV|COLOMBO) – Top Officials of the External Affairs Ministry of India will brief a Parliamentary Panel on India-Sri Lanka relations, and they may be questioned on the current political crisis in neighbouring island nation and its impact on New Delhi, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted sources as saying on Sunday (02).
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, which is headed by Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor and has the Party Chief Rahul Gandhi as a member, is scheduled to be briefed by the Top Officials of the Ministry on 14 December, according to a notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Sources said the Panel is expected to be briefed by Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale along with other Senior Officials.
The members will definitely question the Ministry Officials about the on-going political crisis in Sri Lanka, as the stability in the island nation is in India’s interest especially from the security point of view, a source said.
Members of the Panel are also keen to know China’s expanding footprint in Sri Lanka and whether it is impacting its domestic politics as well, another source said, adding that Beijing’s presence in India’s southern front is a matter of concern, and the members want to know how New Delhi is tackling it.
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