Sri Lankan incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, which the counting of votes so far showed in favour of opposition challenger Maithripala Sirisena and if this is anything to go by, Maithripala is all set to win with a good majority.
Accepting the defeat, Mahindra Rajapaksa had already left his ‘official’ residence and off to his own residence. The new president of Sri Lanka will be sworn in today evening.
‘The president conceded defeat at a meeting with opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and the new president will be sworn in this evening,’ an official at the president’s office said in a statement.
It may be noted that Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and his co-star and Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez have campaigned for Rajapaksa during the presidential elections in the neighboring nation but in vain as the result is against to it. In fact, Salman also received flak from Tamils across the country for rallying for Rajapaksa who allegedly behind several war crimes and even wiped out LTTE.