Rajapaksa's return to power a worry for India

In 2015, after Mahinda Rajapaksa had given China strategic entry into Sri Lanka, becoming a poster child for China's "debt trap diplomacy", India lent its influence to broker a coalition between Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe to oust Rajapaksa from office. Rajapaksa's tenure saw China taking a big chunk of South Asia from India's influence.

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