Acts of violence against JVP supporters and candidates for the provincial council election in the East have by now been intensified.

JVP supporters who were engaged in election propaganda in Thirukkovil area came to be the target of a marauding attack at 3.30 pm yesterday (05) from an armed gang of pilleyan group contesting the election with the government. They badly attacked Mr. R. Wijayasundaram with clubs and bicycle chains saying that only Pilleyan can engage in election campaign in Tamil areas. It has been clearly visible that attackers from Pilleyan group had pistols in their hands and weapons in the three wheelers they came in on last 3rd alone three election offices in Trincomalee district have been attacked Morawewa JVP election office attacked by the UPFA supporters at 2.30 am on the last 1st is located between two police posts. JVP election campaign had obstructions largely from certain biased government officials.

Several incidents of attacks death threats and removal by force of propaganda material and removal by force of propaganda material and equipments were reported from Ampara district from the inception of the election campaign. JVP campaigning among the Muslims has been a phobia in particular to the Muslim Congress supporters contesting on the UNP ticket. Therefore JVP supporters engaged in propaganda campaign around Nintavur and Akkarapathu mosques have had to face threats and obstructions all the time.

Pilleyan group beaning arms in Batticaloa District has given rise to a different situation. JVP election propaganda office in Eravur has been attacked and propaganda activities of Batticaloa JVP group leader Mr. Mohomad Ibrahim have been obstructed. In one such instance the things have come in a cab belonging to Road Development Authority.

However amidst all these obstructions, attacks, threats JVP has been successfully campaigning  for the election. JVP has been able to establish well among the Sinhala, Muslim and Tamil people in the East in their struggle against communalism and separatism and develop broad political relationships with the people who were not reachable due to war situation that hitherto prevailed.