Speaking to ANI during his ongoing visit to India, Premadasa said that Sri Lanka's main opposition party believes in nurturing close ties with New Delhi, while maintaining constructive engagement with other countries.
The newly elected Chairperson of Taiwan's opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), Cheng Li-wun, vowed to lead the party in defending democracy, revitalising the economy, and pursuing long-term peace across the Taiwan Strait during what she described as Taiwan's most challenging period, Focus Tai
"Nothing could be more shameful than the kind of language he used against the Prime Minister of the country... This has become part of their party's culture," the JDU MP told reporters on Thursday.
A day earlier, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju strongly countered the Congress party's allegations regarding curbs on free speech and suppressing the voice of political parties, accusing the opposition party of misusing the idea of freedom of expression for politics.
"Marking the commencement of the #NextGenGST as #GSTBachatUtsav PM @narendramodi ji's address to the nation had several messages. Unfortunate, that despite a positive and direction-setting address, our opposition party @INCIndia and its SM eco-system spread negativity and baseless critici
"The DMK, which once attacked certain leaders while in the opposition, is now rolling out the red carpet for the very same people after coming to power. Their stance as a ruling party and as an opposition party has always been contradictory," Palaniswami said.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Wednesday alleged that the principal Opposition party in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK, had lost its independence and become "a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BJP".
Sharpening his attacks, Prime Minister Modi further accused Congress of not standing with the Indian armed forces, adding that the opposition party's agenda is solely focused on propagating lies coming from Pakistan.
Former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Rajya Sabha MP V Maitreyan on Wednesday quit the opposition party and joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.