JVP in Sri Lankan politics

Revolutionary parties like Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna adopting parliamentary politics is not new in South Asia.

As the presidential election in Sri Lanka is scheduled for the latter part of this year, the political circle is seeing new leaders rise, defeating the old ones who have nothing new to offer to the country, which has long been coping with inflation and rising prices. The emergence of Anura Kumara Dissanayake , alias AKD, has piqued people’s interest in the country at present. Dissanayake is the formidable leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)—a radical left party now transformed into a socialist force and heads the National People’s Power (NPP)—an alliance of 27 groups formed in 2019.