Anura, Vijitha part of JVP team in India visit
A Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) delegation will start an official visit to India.
“The delegation of JVP, the largest party under the broad entity National People’s Power (NPP), is to leave Colombo for India on an official invitation of the Indian government,’’ the party said.
The delegation to India comprises JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, senior legislator Vijitha Herath, Secretary Nihal Abeysinghe, and executive committee member Prof Anil Jayantha, the statement said.
The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord, signed in Colombo on July 29, 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene was expected to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War by enabling the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.
Under the terms of the agreement, Colombo agreed to a devolution of power to the provinces, the Sri Lankan troops were to be withdrawn to their barracks in the north and the Tamil rebels were to surrender their arms.
The JVP has continuously led in at least one public opinion poll, while the NPP broader front has led in surveys, leaving the island nation’s main parties trailing.
The surveys claim that the NPP has gained significant public support in the post-economic crisis phase since 2022, particularly in anti-corruption perceptions.
Dissanayake declared his candidacy for the next presidential election later this year.
Analysts, however, remain skeptical if the party could raise its current three percent vote base to 50 percent plus one vote required to win the presidency.
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