The head of Sri Lanka’s electricity authority, M.M.C. Ferdinando, has testified before a parliamentary panel that Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had spoken to him of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi having pushed for a power project to be handed over to the Adani group.
His testimony sparked a political controversy with the opposition in both Sri Lanka and India, targeting respective governments for violating redlines.
Three days later, Ferdinando resigned, and subsequently withdrew this claim.