'Back us...': Lankan leader urges India for support ahead of vote for new Pres

Ahead of the big vote in Sri Lanka, in which the parliament will elect a new president, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa has made a request to India. In a tweet, Premadasa appealed Indian to keep helping the island nation irrespective of who is elected to the top post. The three main contenders for Sri Lanka's presidential polls are acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, former journalist Dallas Alahapperuma, and Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the leader of the leftist Janatha Vimukti Peramuna party. For the first time in 44 years, Sri Lanka's Parliament will directly elect a President in a triangular contest to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the crisis-hit country. Watch this report to know more.