evidence: Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as president with the backing of the Rajapaksas' party. He stabilised the economy and negotiated a $2.9bn bailout package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). [...] The NPP and Dissanayake capitalised on this sentiment, as many in the country saw him as someone outside the old order. [...] During his campaign speech Dissanayake also promised to scrap a wind power project in the north funded by the Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, who is believed to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.