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Alleged involvement between Mr. Wickremasinghe and Indian spy's role in former president Rajapaksa’s defeat
Reuters and other news agencies reports that Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India's spy agency in the run-up to this month's (Jan 2015) presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

According to Reuters and Aljazeera, the agent was accused of playing a role in convincing the main leader of the opposition and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe not to contest against Rajapaksa in the election and stand aside for someone who could be sure of winning, said the officer and a Sri Lankan lawmaker who also maintains close contacts with India.

"They actively were involved, talking to Ranil, getting those things organised, talking to Chandrika," the lawmaker told Reuters. Wickremasinghe government, met "two or three times" with the man identified as the agent in the months before the vote, as well as with the Indian high commissioner, or ambassador, the prime minister's spokesman said.

However, Mr. Wickremasinghe has not accepted this allegation claiming he had no knowledge of RAW intelligence officer. Mr. Wickremasinghe claims that he had thought this person was a diplomat at the Indian High Commission. Also, An Indian foreign ministry spokesman denied any expulsion and said that transfers were routine decisions.

India has often been involved in the internal politics of Sri Lanka- it sent troops there in 1987 in a botched effort to broker peace between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. RAW support for the Tamil separatist group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka, that brought India’s RAW intelligence agency much criticism from human rights organizations.