Sri Lankan Prez invites Modi to visit after BJP registers massive victory

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent PM designate, Narendra Modi, an invitation to visit the country after the BJP won the 2014 general elections.Rajapaksa issued the invitation to Modi after congratulating him on the election victory, said presidential spokesman, Mohan Samaranayake.[caption id="attachment_1527915" align="alignleft" width="380"] File photo of Sri Lankan president, Rajapaksa. AFP[/caption]There have been fears on the future policy Modi will peruse with regard to Sri Lanka. Concerns rise as Modi holds Tamil politicians, such as pro-Tamil Tiger rebel Vaiko, by his side, Xinhua reported.During the election campaign, Vaiko said that a Modi-led government at the centre would not repeat the blunders of the Congress-led government on the Sri Lankan Tamils and fishermen issues.Modi himself said that with Tamils living all over the world, including in Malayasia, Sri Lanka and Fiji, it should be a priority of the Indian government to take care of their well-being. He promised to do so if a BJP-led government assumed power after the elections.Playing the emotive issue of recurring attacks on fishermen, Modi had charged that the former government in India lacked the courage to protect the fishermen of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, who were being "harassed" by Sri Lanka and Pakistan.IANS