Sri Lanka, Jan. 27 -- Former SLPP MP Thissa Kuttiarachchi clarified today (27) that SLPP National Organiser Namal Rajapaksa's participation in a special ceremony in Odisha, India, coinciding with India's 77th Republic Day, was not part of the official Indian government celebrations, nor was he personally invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Thissa Kuttiarachchi said that Rajapaksa attended a programme organised by the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS). He emphasised that the invitation came from the educational institutions themselves, recognising Rajapaksa as a rising young political leader in Asia, rather than as an official guest of the Indian government.

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