Q: How bright are the prospects of you becoming the Uva Chief Minister? I have been appointed as the Group Leader of the party for this election. We are now carrying out a vigorous election campaign. We have already held a large number of whistle-stop meetings at the grass roots level and several massive rallies […]
(Interview JVP Leader had with ‘Daily Mirror’) Q: Amidst allegations about widespread election violence, how is the JVP positioning itself for the Uva Provincial Council Election? A special significance has been attached to the Uva Provincial Council Elections. It is something more than a provincial council election. Early next year, the government seems to be […]
(Daily Mirror) Q: Can you give us a brief introduction about yourself and your politics? I joined the JVP in 1987 and since then I have been a full-time member of the JVP. Following the insurrection in 1988 and 1989 and the suppression of the party, I gained entry into the Kelaniya University in 1991 […]
(Ceylontoday) The new leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said the JVP was never a third force in the country, but an alternative force. “It was the media which branded us as a third force but we never said that we were the third force,” he said. Excerpts from the interview: […]
(Dailymirror) A member of Sri Lanka’s Marxist party that etched a radical era in the country’s political history, JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake has always been a guileless politician. In his interview with Daily Mirror he speaks of the JVP’s completely unique approach to the contentious issue of the 13 Amendment and of the policies […]