Published 08:43 IST, August 7th 2020

Riteish Deshmukh congratulates Namal Rajapaksa, says India-Sri Lanka ties will be stronger

Actor Riteish Deshmukh took to his social media to congratulate Namal Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa on their win in the Sri Lankan elections. Read details.

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results of Sri Lankan elections came in on Thursday and Mahinda Rajapaksa's party won by a landslide. former President is elected to be Sri Lanka's next Prime Minister and also received a congratulatory phone call from Indian PM Narendra Modi. Mahinda's son Namal Rajapaksa took to his social media to thank him for phone call. Actor Riteish Deshmukh has also extended his wishes to family.

Riteish Deshmukh extends his wishes Namal Rajapaksa

Namal Rajapaksa took to his social media to thank PM Narendra Modi for his congratulatory phone call to his far Mahinda. He furr wrote that India-Sri Lanka relations will be strengned for generations to come. Responding to him, actor Ritiesh Deshmukh also extended his congratulatory wishes and asked Namal to convey his wishes to Mahinda Rajapaksa as well. Deshmukh furr wrote that he is sure that ties of India and Sri Lanka will be stronger than ever before. 

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Earlier Mahinda Rajapaksa also took to his social media to share a picture where he is seen sitting in front of a TV screen talking on a phone call. He thanked Modi for his congratulatory phone call. He ded that he looks forward to working with him to enhance long-standing co-operation between India and Sri Lanka. 

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Meanwhile, Riteish Deshmukh earlier got in touch with an old ly from Pune after he shared a viral video of her performing some stunts with bamboo sticks in order to make some money amid Coronavirus lockdown. When he asked for her contact details through his social media, netizens helped him connect with her. Along with actor, many or people also offered financial help to ly and donated money and or things to her. 

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Talking about same in an earlier interview with Bollywood Times, Riteish Deshmukh revealed that he connected with someone who could go see her since he could t travel re. He ded that he was happy to kw that in a matter of days, re were many people who came forward to help her. Deshmukh furr said that people were donating books, clos, and or things and were showing support. 

actor also recently joined hands with his wife Genelia D'Souza to launch ir own business venture called Imagine Meats. company focuses on developing plant-based meats and offers a vegan substitute for meat. actor and his wife have been vegetarian for years and look forward to turning more people into vegetarians with ir new business. 

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08:43 IST, August 7th 2020