new delhi leader of the opposition in sri lanka sajith premadasa appealed to pm narendra modi on tuesday to keep helping sri lanka irrespective of who becomes the president of the island nation on wednesdayirrespective of who becomes the president of sri lanka tomorrow it is my humble and earnest request to hon pm modi and to all the political parties of india and to the people of india to keep helping mother lanka and its people to come out of this disaster he tweetedallparty meetingindia on tuesday held an allparty meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis in sri lankaread alsovery serious crisis in sri lanka naturally worry about spillover jaishankar at allparty meetsri lanka is facing a very serious crisis that makes india naturally worried external affairs minister s jaishankar told an allparty meeting here on tuesday and dismissed suggestions about such a situation arising in indiaindia is naturally worried over the very serious crisis in sri lanka and there are very strong lessons of fiscal prudence responsible governance and not having a culture of freebies to be learnt said external affairs minister s jaishankarit is a matter which pertains to a very close neighbour and given the near proximity we naturally worry about the consequences the spillover it has for us he addedalahapperuma clear favourite for presidenta majority of members of sri lankas ruling sri lanka podujana peramuna slpp party are in favour of nominating dullas alahapperuma a leader of its breakaway faction for the post of the president and premadasa as the prime minister said slpp chairman g l peiris ahead of wednesdays presidential election acting sri lankan president president ranil wickremesinghe and two others were proposed by lawmakers on tuesday as the three candidates for the july 20 presidential election to pick the successor to gotabaya rajapaksa after he resigned following a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the economywickremesinghe 73 will faceoff against alahapperuma a 63yearold staunch sinhala buddhist nationalist and a key member from the breakaway group of the slpp and the leftist janatha vimukthi peramuna jvp leader anura kumara dissanayake 53 it was officially announced in parliamentpeiris said that the majority of his party was in favour of appointing alahapperuma as the president underlining that the peoples voice be highlighted in parliament according to news portal news firstlkpeiris added that the slpp lawmakers have agreed to appoint opposition leader premadasa the 55yearold leader of sri lankas principal opposition party samagi jana balawegaya sjb as the prime ministerincidentally premadasa on tuesday had withdrawn from the presidential race to support alahapperumas nominationpeiris said both parties must come together and govern the country and implement a programme to realise the aspirations of the citizens the report said wednesdays vote would also be a rare occasion when the house speaker will votenever in the history of the presidency since 1978 parliament had voted to elect a presidentpresidential elections in 1982 1988 1994 1999 2005 2010 2015 and 2019 had elected them by popular votethe