Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Qaabka uu Gandhi u xaliyay dhibaatooyinka qowmiyadaha ee Sri Lanka wuxuu ahaa mid hore u soo jiidasho leh. Waxay xiriir wanaagsan la yeelatay Ra'iisul Wasaare Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Sanadkii 1974-kii, Hindiya waxay Sri Lanka siisay jasiiradda yar ee Katchatheevu si ay u badbaadiso dowladdii Bandaranaike ee ka badbaaday musiibo siyaasadeed. Si kastaba ha noqotee, xiriirka ayaa ka xumaaday dhaqdhaqaaqa Sri Lanka ee ka soo horjeedka bulshada ee J. R. Jayewardene, oo Gandhi u quudhsaday inuu yahay "caruusad reer galbeedka". Hindiya oo hoos timaada Gandhi ayaa lagu eedeeyay inay taageertay maleeshiyaadka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sanadihii 1980-meeyadii si ay cadaadis ugu saaraan Jayewardene inuu u hoggaansamo danaha Hindiya. Sikastaba, Gandhi wuu diiday dalabka ah in la weeraro Sri Lanka kadib
Bishii Luulyo ee madow ee 1983, oo ah xasuuq ka dhan ah Tamil-ka oo ay fuliyeen kooxaha Sinhalese. Gandhi waxay sameysay bayaan ay ku adkeysay inay u taagan tahay midnimada dhuleed ee Sri Lanka, inkasta oo ay sidoo kale sheegtay in Hindiya aysan "ku sii jiri karin daawadayaal aamusnaan ah oo ku saabsan cadaalad darrada ka dhanka ah bulshada Tamil".