{"id":151405,"date":"2015-09-26T04:33:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T23:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=151405"},"modified":"2015-09-28T02:19:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T20:49:08","slug":"indian-pm-narendra-modi-meets-daham-sirisena-at-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/indian-pm-narendra-modi-meets-daham-sirisena-at-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian PM Narendra Modi Meets Daham Sirisena At UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Daham+Sirisena&amp;x=16&amp;y=8\">Daham Sirisena<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0at the\u00a0UN Headquarters in New York last night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/pictures-non-nepotic-president-sirisena-takes-son-to-un-general-assembly\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maithripala Sirisena participated in the 70th Session<\/span><\/a> of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York today, accompanied by his son Daham Sirisena who has no official status whatsoever in the Sri Lankan delegation.<\/p>\n<p>When President Sirisena left for New York and when he arrived in New York the Presidential Media portrayed him as a simple man in contrast to his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa whose foreign visits were made with a large entourage with the tax payer having to foot enormous bills. These sentiments were echoed by almost all sections of the local media in Sri Lanka. Indeed pictures of him arriving in New York in a disheveled state was hailed as an example of his simplicity.<\/p>\n<p>Sirisena rode to power pledging to eliminate the nepotism and favoritism that marked Rajapaksa reign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dham-Sirisena-Maithripala-Sirisena-Modi-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-151407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dham-Sirisena-Maithripala-Sirisena-Modi-.jpg\" alt=\"Dham Sirisena Maithripala Sirisena Modi\" width=\"639\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dham-Sirisena-Maithripala-Sirisena-Modi-.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dham-Sirisena-Maithripala-Sirisena-Modi--300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-151408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham.jpg\" alt=\"Daham\" width=\"639\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-151409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham1.jpg\" alt=\"Daham\" width=\"639\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham1.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Daham1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/presidents-international-media-point-man-speechless-on-nepotism-charge\/\">President\u2019s International Media Point Man Speechless On Nepotism Charge<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/maithris-daughter-chathu-kicks-own-goal-with-daddys-powers\/\">Maithri\u2019s Daughter Chathu Kicks \u201cOwn-Goal\u201d With Daddy\u2019s Powers<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mtv-newsfirst-removes-presidents-daughter-chathus-boasting-video-from-facebook\/\">MTV Newsfirst Removes President\u2019s Daughter Chathu\u2019s \u201cBoasting Video\u201d From Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/president-silent-on-daughters-high-handedness\/\">President Silent On Daughter\u2019s High-handedness<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sirisena-brother-pallewatta-gamaralalage-kumarasinghe-sirisena-appointed-as-slt-chairman\/\">Sirisena Brother, Pallewatta Gamaralalage Kumarasinghe Sirisena Appointed As SLT Chairman<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/pictures-non-nepotic-president-sirisena-takes-son-to-un-general-assembly\/\">Pictures: \u2018Non-Nepotic\u2019 President Sirisena Takes Son To UN General Assembly<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":151407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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