The concern of PM Modi makes Sri Lanka cease Imran Khan from addressing their parliament

In one more embarrassment for Pakistani PM Imran Khan, Sri Lanka has cancelled Khan’s tackle to the nation’s parliament amidst mounting fears that Khan true to his traits will rake up the problem of Kashmir – one thing which is not going to go down nicely with India with the island nation in no temper irk India.Imran Khan’s tenure as Pakistan’s PM is not going to be recognized for his governance however for the collection of embarrassments and appearing as an irritant in worldwide boards by continually elevating the problem of Kashmir.Now in one more embarrassment, as Imran Khan prepares to reach at Sri Lanka, the island nation’s authorities has cancelled his deliberate tackle to the parliament because it seeks to safeguard India’s pursuits.Sri Lanka doesn’t wish to threat upsetting India as Khan would unsurprisingly increase the problem of Kashmir throughout his tackle to the parliament.According to native press, “giving an opportunity to the Pakistani prime minister could have been implied as giving Khan parity to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, so the planned speech was cancelled,” reported Sri Lankan ‘Express’.It comes as no shock that Khan’s deliberate speech on the Sri Lankan parliament was included within the itinerary on the behest of the Pakistani authorities and wasn’t a results of the island nation’s proactiveness.While Sri Lankan ‘Express’ reported that the official cause for the cancellation of the tackle is the specter of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, citing unnamed sources, the publication claimed that, “there were elements within the Sri Lankan government, who did not want the speech to take place as they feared that doing so could further harm ties with India.”Dawn reported that one other concern of the Sri Lankan authorities was that Khan would communicate in regards to the rights of Muslims in Sri Lanka as they’re dealing with abuse from the Buddhist majority inhabitants amidst rising anti-Muslim sentiment within the island nation.Recently, simply when it appeared like Sri Lanka has began mending its methods by adhering increasingly more to the Indian facet and decoupling itself from the Chinese clutches, got here one other choice which confirmed that Colombo is but to be trusted absolutely by New Delhi. According to media reviews, the Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet cancelled the trilateral Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) undertaking between Sri Lanka, Japan, and India. The East terminal will now be 100 per cent owned and operated by the state-owned Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA).Read More: Why India wants to show Sri Lanka a lesson after its Colombo port U-Turn and begin treating it as a hostile neighbourColombo had beforehand acknowledged that the port can be 49 per cent operated by India and Japan, with SLPA retaining the bulk stake. The stated settlement was first signed by the previous Maithripala Sirisena-Ranil Wickremesinghe administration. Instead, the 2 international locations will now be invited to develop the close by West terminal on a public-private partnership foundation.Colombo is maybe conscious of the truth that on account of this transfer, New Delhi is already irked and by cancelling Khan’s tackle it needs to placate India and never threat additional upsetting the nation. Colombo realises that India could make life robust for Sri Lanka, isolating the tiny island nation, geo-politically and on the financial entrance and therefore, it’s enjoying it protected and monkey balancing between China and India.