India of late had had not so good relations with the Srilankan government. The Rajapaksa government after its triumph over LTTE has not been generous in relationship with India. In fact, he did took the Indian Government for granted and annoyed it to some extent.
The previous governments action has hit Indian interests in many ways
After Sri Lanka allowed a Chinese submarine to dock at the Colombo port for the second time, India conveyed to Rajapaksa that his government's action was inimical to India's interests, but the Srilankan government did not pay heed to it. He favoured The Chinese the other way as well. China's role as donor grew manifold under Rajapaksa and this happened at the expense of Japan, India's close friend and strategic partner. India also believes that Rajapaksa courted China assiduously and allowed Beijing to execute projects which made no business sense and with loans at high interest rates.
But a change in guard in Colombo is set to change it all. With Sirisena set to head the government its political and economic implications are set to restructure the South Asian relations for better.
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