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India had no plans to invade Lanka

Mayank Chhaya, writes from New Delhi
The former Commander-in-chief of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka has denied that there were plans to "invade" Sri Lanka as claimed by well known Sri Lankan academic Ralph Buult-Jens.
Lieutenant General Amariit Kalkat, who headed the IPKF said his force would have retaliated decisively had the Srl Lankan army attacked it under instructions from then President Ranasinghe Premadasa in July. 1989.
Buultjens has claimed in a review in Colombo newspapers of a book by former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Stanley Kalpage that there were plans for "some kind of Indian armed landing or attack on Sri Lanka around 1989."
But both Lt Gen Kalkat and former Indian Foreign Secretary and High Commissioner to Colombo J.N. Dixjt refuted the claim by putting the events of the period in a correct perspective.
Dixit told India Abroad News Service that soon after assuming office Premadasa had called his Defence Minister, Ranjan Wljeratne. and army commanders to inform them that he was planning to issue written orders confining the IPKF to the barracks pending its withdrawal. "Premadasa had said if the IPKF failed to do that he would ' ask the Sri Lankan army to attack it," Dixit said.
Lt Gen Kalkat. who had come to know of Premadasa's plans, said "such an attack would be tantamount to declaring war on the IPKF."
"A top Sri Lankan army officer came to me with the Presidential plans and said they were in a predicament. He asked me what the Sri Lankan army should do. My response was that he should do what his duty demands just as what I must do what my duty demands." Lt Gen Kalkat, who is now retired, told IANS.
Lt Gen Kalkat had made it clear that "if the Indian army was attacked, my action would
be to protect and ensure the safety of the Indian soldiers and equipment. Also that such an action would not be confined to the north-east parts of Sri Lanka."
"President Premadasa loved to play chicken. But apparently he was told by Wijeratne that I was a soldier ana I played lor keeps." Lt Gen Kalkat said.
Both Dixit and Lt Gen Kalkat emphasised that the comments were strictly in response to Premadasa's plans to attack the IPKF and that there was no independent plan for any invasion.
Apparently Premadasa's government had apprehended that the IPKF could capture Colombo in case it was attacked. This apprehension was not considered altogether unfounded.
— India Abroad News Service