BREAKING: 10 YEARS AFTER TAMIL EELAM WAR, GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA WINS SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS!

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By S Vikram | Nov 17, 2019 12:21 PM

Ten years ago, Gotabaya Rajapaksa headed the team who killed Tamil Tigers (LTTE), thus ending a long-standing Tamil Eelam War. Today, he has won the presidential elections by 53-54 per cent of the vote. It has to be mentioned that the victory had come seven months after the brutal terror attacks that killed 269 people.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins SL Presidential elections 2019

The 70-year old Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the retired lieutenant colonel who also goes by the name "Terminator" by his own family. He defeated Sajith Premadasa of the ruling party and won 53-54 per cent of the vote.

"It is a clear win. We envisaged it. We are very happy that Gota will be the next president. He will be sworn in tomorrow or the day after," spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella was quoted as saying by NDTV.

Gotabaya Rajapaksha along with brother Mahina Rajapaksha (President of SL from 2005-2015) gathered Sinhalese military forces and allegedly killed lakhs of Tamil people in the Eelam War, thus ending a 37-year war between Tamil and Sinhalese forces on 18 May 2009. 

அரசியல், விளையாட்டு, நாட்டுநடப்பு, குற்ற சம்பவங்கள், வர்த்தகம், தொழில்நுட்பம், சினிமா, வாழ்க்கை முறை என பலதரப்பட்ட சுவாரஸ்யமான செய்திகளை தமிழில் படிக்க இங்கு கிளிக் செய்யவும்      

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