{"id":81715,"date":"2023-04-19T01:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=81715"},"modified":"2023-04-19T01:25:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:25:55","slug":"ranasinghe-premadasas-revolt-and-dudley-senanayakes-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=81715","title":{"rendered":"Ranasinghe Premadasa\u2019s Revolt and  Dudley Senanayake\u2019s  Demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D81715&#038;width=450&#038;layout&#038;action&#038;size&#038;share=true&#038;height=35&#038;appId\" width=\"450\" height=\"35\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>By<br \/>\nD.B.S.Jeyaraj<\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley Shelton Senanayake known as Dudley Senanayake and Dudley passed away 50 years ago om 13 April 1973 at the age of 61. . The former leader of the United National Party(UNP) served as Prime Minister (PM) of Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon four times.In those\u00a0 pre-executive presidency days the Prime Minister was the head of Government. The PM post was a powerful one. Dudley Senanayake was in office as PM from 1952 -53,1960 and 1965-70.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1F1DACAE-9414-40FD-B8C4-AE1697EAC567-600x390.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-81714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1F1DACAE-9414-40FD-B8C4-AE1697EAC567-600x390.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1F1DACAE-9414-40FD-B8C4-AE1697EAC567-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1F1DACAE-9414-40FD-B8C4-AE1697EAC567.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley born on 19 June 1911 was the eldest son of Don Stephen Senanayake the first prime minister of Independent Ceylon. He had a younger brother Robert. Dudley was educated at St.Thomas\u2019 College, Mt.Lavinia where he shone in both studies and sports.He captained the cricket team. In addition to Cricket, he was\u00a0 a coloursman in Hockey, Boxing and Atheletics. Dudley was also the Head Prefect at College and won the Victoria medal for the most outstanding student.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He then went to Corpus Christi College at the Cambridge University in the UK where he obtained a Natural Scince Tripos Degree. Thereafter he enrolled at the Middle Temple and became a Barrister.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUpon returning to Ceylon, Dudley embarked on a political careers. He joined the Ceylon National Congress and became its joint secretary along with Junius Richard Jayewardene. In 1936 he was elected to the State Council at the age of 25 from the Dedigama constituency in Kegalle district. Subsequently Dudley\u00a0 represented Dedigama in Parliament winning the elections of 1947, 1952, 1960 March and July, 1965 and 1970. He did not contest the 1956 poll.<\/p>\n<p>When DS Senanayake became Independent Ceylon\u2019s first Prime minister , Dudley was a member of his father\u2019s cabinet as Minister of\u00a0 Agriculture and Lands. DS died on 22 March 1952. Four days later on\u00a0 26 March 1952, Dudley was appointedPrime Minister by the then Governor -General Lord Soulbury. This was the first of\u00a0 Dudley\u2019s four terms as PM. Upon becoming PM, Dudley dissolved Parliament and went in for\u00a0 elections in order to procure a fresh mandate of his own.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> August 1953 Hartal <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe UNP under Dudley registered a resounding victory at the May 1952 elections. The party won 54 of the 95 elected seats in Parliament. Dudley\u00a0\u00a0 sworn in as PM began his second term of office . Unfortunately, the Govt ran into trouble a year later, when the Famous \u201cHartal\u201d was held in August 1953. Though the UNP govt\u00a0 remained intact, Dudley himself was shaken\u00a0 by the event and also began suffering from ill-health.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley resigned as PM in October 1953. His cousin Sir Johm Kptelawela became Prime Minister. Dudley quit as party leader and\u00a0 took a backseat in Parliament. He retired from politics and refrained from contesting the 1956 poll. The UNP was routed winning only eight seats. Dudley was under strong pressure from party members to return to active politics. He did so in 1957 and donned the party leader mantle again.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSenanayake led the UNP\u00a0 to\u00a0 a limited victory at the March 1960 polls.\u00a0 The party came first but got only 50 out of 151 elected MPs. It was a hung Parliament.Dudley was sworn in for the third time\u00a0 as Prime minister\u00a0 by the then Governor &#8211; General Sir Olver Goonetilleke. Dudley could not cobble together a Parliamentary majority. His Govt was defeated at the Throne speech vote. Dudley resigned.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nElections were held anew in July 1960, The Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) won and Sirimavo Bandaranaike created history as the World\u2019s first woman premier. Dudley became leader of the opposition for the first time in his life. In December 1964, 14 MPs from the Govt side led by veteran minister CP de Silva crossed over to the opposition. The Govt fell and new elections were held in March 1965.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley led the UNP to victory again but as in the case of March 1960, it was a hung Parliament. The UNP had only 66 seats. But unlike 1960, Dudley was able to form a Govt with a majority this time.<\/p>\n<p><b> Seven Party Govt <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley became Prime minister for the fourth time as head of a\u00a0 seven party Govt. The parties were the UNP, Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK), Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party(SLFSP), All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC),Mahajane Eksath Peramuna(MEP), Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) and Ceylon Workers Congress(CWC).\u00a0 It was described as a National Govt and served its full term. However the UNP lost heavily in the 1970 elections. The party got only 17 seats. The SLFP led United Front with 116 seats formed the Govt.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThough Dudley was elected as Dedigama MP, \u00a0he opted to take a backseat due to ill-health and let Colombo South MP , J.R. Jayewardene become the opposition leader in his place. \u00a0Colombo Central MP Ranasinghe Premadasa was appointed chief whip of the opposition.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Good Night Sweet Prince <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley\u00a0 passed away on April 13th 1973 due to a heart ailment. His demise was mourned widely by friend and foe alike.\u00a0\u00a0 Record crowds from all parts of the Island\u00a0 gathered in Colombo to pay their respects. JR Jayewardene delivered a touching eulogy at the funeral. He ended\u00a0 with an amended line from Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d saying \u201cGood night sweet prince,May the host of Devas sing thee to thy sleep&#8221;.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley Senanayake\u2019s demise and funeral 50 years ago\u00a0\u00a0 churned up a sympathy wave for the UNP. The new leader Jayewardene along with his senior deputy Premadasa utilised it well to usher in a political renaissance for the party. The Jayewardene-Premadasa duo spearheaded a massive UNP victory at the 1977 polls. The party won 141 seats out of 168 in Parliament<\/p>\n<p>Though JR and Premadasa reaped the benefits that\u00a0 accrued to the party through Dudley\u2019s demise,\u00a0 both had a troubled relationship with Senanayake in the twilight of Dudley\u2019s life. JR however had reconciled with his leader a year before his death. But Premadasa made a public spectacle out of his spat with Senanayake. He had entered into an acrimonious\u00a0 public exchange of letters\u00a0 with his one time benefactor while Dudley was seriously ill and\u00a0 hospitalised. Many of the Senanayake loyalists even blamed (unfairly) Premadasa for causing\u00a0 Dudley\u2019s death.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI have earlier written about Ranasinghe Premadasa\u2019s prickly\u00a0 problems with Dudley Senanayake at the time of the latter\u2019s demise. However I intend re-visiting those troubled times with the aid of my past writings in this article commemorating Dudley Senanayake\u2019s 50th death anniversary.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAs stated earlier\u00a0 in 1970 the UNP with 17 seats had to\u00a0 confront a SLFP led Govt with 116 seats in the House .Faced with the challenge of confronting a govt with a steam-roller majority, the UNP began to wilt and crumble initially. Deep divisions began to emerge within the demoralised party.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> JR and Premadasa <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028Both JR and Premadasa felt \u2013 independent of each other \u2013 that the UNP needed to be revamped and possibly restructured if the party was \u00a0to have a bright future. Dudley Senanayake was unwilling to change or accommodate changes. Furthermore, thanks to a clique around Dudley that was reportedly influencing him greatly, the UNP leader became paranoid that moves were afoot to dislodge him and\/or fracture the party.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter the abortive JVP revolt of April 1971, JR began exploring \u2013 presumably from a class interest perspective \u2013 the possibilities of greater cooperation with the SLFP. Dudley became increasingly suspicious of JR and turned somewhat hostile. This led to a virtual split between Dudley Senanayake and J.R. Jayewardene who had been political comrades from the days of the Ceylon National Congress under colonial rule. Matters came to a head when both sides became embroiled in legal proceedings. It appeared that the weakened party would either break-up or be politically paralysed with a bleak future.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Senanayake-Premadasa<\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0\u2028While the major contradiction between Dudley and JR raged on as a full-blown crisis at one level, the lesser contradiction between Senanayake and Premadasa cropped up into a different dispute at another level. What happened was that Premadasa acting independently of JR began pushing for a re-organisation of the party. He wanted to cleanse the UNP of its traditional feudal-capitalist attributes and broad-base it into a party of the common man.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028A special committee was appointed in September 1970 to prepare a scheme to revitalise the UNP. The spadework for this was done by Premadasa. A report containing suggestions was presented but Dudley did not follow it up and simply put the scheme in cold storage. When Premadasa proposed these suggestions at inner-party conclaves, they were dismissed as not being worthy of consideration by Dudley and other senior leaders (but not JR). Premadasa began getting impatient at this state of affairs.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Flashpoint <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0\u2028The flashpoint was on the Ides of May in 1972. A joint meeting of the UNP parliamentary group and working committee was held on May 15, 1972in Colombo, with Dudley Senanayake presiding. Ranasinghe Premadasa came out with a proposal that the UNP should be restructured as a grassroots party from the village upwards.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley dismissed the suggestion rudely and refused to put it to the vote or entertain it further. A crestfallen Premadasa then asked Dudley: \u201cSir what am I to do: am I to leave then?\u201d Dudley retorted curtly: \u201cYes, you may leave.\u201d Premadasa then walked out and immediately sent in a letter resigning from the UNP Working Committee to which he had been appointed by Dudley Senanayake many years before.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b>\u2018Puravesi Peramuna\u2019<\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0\u2028Premadasa quit the UNP Working Committee but not the parliamentary group or the party. He formed an independent people\u2019s organisation called \u2018Samastha Lanka Puravesi Peramuna.\u2019 This became known generally as \u2018Puravesi Peramuna\u2019 or \u2018Citizens Front.\u2019 The inaugural meeting in Galle was well\u2013attended. Thereafter, a series of meetings were held at various places in the Southern, Western, Northwestern, North-Central and Sabaragamuwa\u00a0 Provinces. All meetings drew large crowds.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Citizens Front began gathering momentum. A very impressive rally was held in January 1973 at Hyde Park in Colombo. Apart from Premadasa, those who addressed the rally were Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thera, Ven. Welletota Pagnadassi Thera, Rev. E.W. Mendis, Sir Senerath Gunawardene, Sirisena Cooray, Prof. Tilak Ratnakara, J.W. Mahakumarage, Bandula Gunasekera, Kalinga Obeywansa, Buddhika Kurukularatne and actor Gamini Fonseka. The rally attracted a mammoth crowd. It appeared that Premadasa was a force to be reckoned with.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028The Premadasa revolt against Senanayake along with the Dudley-JR divide may have resulted then in a three-way split of the grand old party, but for an unexpected development. Both Dudley and JR pulled back from the brink, resolved their differences and buried the hatchet. The rapprochement process began just 15 days after Premadasa resigned from the UNP Working Committee.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Dudley and JR <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn May 30,\u00a0 1972, both Dudley and JR met at the residence of G.J. Paris Perera, the then UNP Parliamentarian from Ja-Ela. After a frank, heart-to-heart discussion, both leaders agreed to reconcile and work together for the betterment of the party and country.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028The unity forged by Dudley and JR lifted up the flagging spirits of the UNP. Dudley and JR went around the country addressing mass meetings. Massive crowds turned up. Premadasa sulking from the snubbing at Dudley\u2019s hands continued to remain aloof. While retaining his UNP membership, Premadasa focused on developing the Citizens Front as a parallel organisation.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0On September 10, 1972, by-elections were held in Puttalam, Ratnapura, Nuwara Eliya and Kesbewa.\u00a0Both Dudley and JR canvassed ardently for the UNP but Premadasa kept away from the campaign. The UNP won Nuwara Eliya, Puttalam and Kesbewa and lost to the SLFP in Ratnapura. The by-election results were a morale booster for the UNP.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u2028The realignment of Dudley Senanayake and J.R. Jayewardene was now beginning to pay dividends for the UNP politically, but the prickly Premadasa problem \u00a0was yet unsolved. Dudley, and to some extent JR, treated Premadasa condescendingly like a recalcitrant child. Initially, they were tolerant of the Citizens Front too as it mobilised opposition to the SLFP-LSSP-CP Govt and did not directly confront the UNP in any way.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Brazenly Challenge <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0\u2028Premadasa however decided to \u00a0brazenly challenge Dudley Senanayake . On March 28, 1973, Premadasa wrote letters to the UNP Working Committee members outlining three issues. He followed it up by addressing the Colombo West Rotary Club on April 4, 1973. In that speech titled \u2018A plan for Sri Lanka,\u2019 Premadasa boldly outlined his vision for the future of the country; a vision that was not to the liking of many UNP heavyweights.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028Premadasa had raised three issues in his letter. One was about the UNP not holding the party convention for many years; the other was about the UNP Working Committee functioning for years without renewal of membership or mandate; the third was on the lack of progress in implementing party reform proposals.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFurthermore, excerpts from the letter sent to the UNP Working Committee by Premadasa were published in the Daily News of March 31 and April\u00a0 1, 1973. Daily News was then edited by renowned journalist Mervyn de Silva.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028Dudley was more hurt than angry by Premadasa\u2019s conduct. There were two men \u2013 both born in 1924 \u2013 in the UNP of whom Dudley Senanayake had been particularly fond of; one was Ranasinghe Premadasa born on June 23, 1924 and the other Gamani Jayasuriya born on April 30, 1924.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Prodigal Son <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0It was widely-believed then that Jayasuriya, the former MP for Homagama, was being groomed for succession by Dudley. Yet, he had appointed Premadasa as Cabinet Minister in 1968 while Jayasuriya remained a deputy minister. There had been some discontent within UNP circles over Dudley\u2019s affinity towards Premadasa earlier. Dudley had not taken Premadasa\u2019s revolt and the Citizens Front formation seriously. He regarded Premadasa as a prodigal son who would repent and return in due course of time.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028Hence, Premadasa\u2019s unexpected letter and publication of it in newspapers hurt Dudley Senanayake badly. He felt it was a stab in the back. While brooding over the well-publicised missive, Dudley Senanayake was taken seriously ill on April 3, 1973.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028Still, Dudley dictated from his sickbed, a response to Premadasa which was published in Daily News on April 7. Dudley feeling betrayed also indicated privately that disciplinary action would be taken against Premadasa by the party.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Harsh Rejoinder <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDudley was shocked further when a harsh rejoinder from Premadasa was published in the Daily News of April 9. On the same day, it was diagnosed that Dudley had a mild heart attack. He was hospitalised. On April 10, Dudley suffered a massive heart-attack. He seemingly recovered but three days later, Dudley Senanayake passed away on April 13\/ the day of the Sinhala-Tamil traditional New Year.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> \u2018Gentleman in Politics\u2019<\/b><br \/>\n\u2028Premadasa had gone to India for a pilgrimage when Dudley passed away. He promptly returned to Sri\u00a0 Lanka. Meanwhile, the mood within the UNP rank and file had turned ugly towards Premadasa. It was widely stated and believed that the open revolt by Premadasa had hurt Dudley very much and caused his demise. Dudley was acknowledged as a \u2018Gentleman in Politics\u2019 and Premadasa was seen as an ungrateful person who bit the hand that fed him.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMoreover, a canard was spread against Premadasa that he had gone to India\u00a0 to engage in \u2018Kodivina\u2019 or \u2018Hooniam\u2019 (black magic\/voodoo) against Dudley. Thus, the large crowd of mourners gathered at Dudley\u2019s residence \u2018Woodlands\u2019 in Borella, was extremely hostile\u00a0towards Premadasa.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u2028When Premadasa was back in Colombo and getting ready to go to Woodlands to pay his respects, Evans Cooray, who had \u00a0earlier been the Local Government Ministry Press Officer, warned Hema Premadasa that the situation was volatile at the funeral house.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> Robert Senanayake <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPremadasa ignored the warning and went to Borella. There was much hooting and jeering at him. At one point, he was surrounded by a mob which tried to manhandle him but Dudley\u2019s brother Robert Senanayake intervened and averted an unseemly incident. Premadasa paid his respects and departed without any further \u00a0mishap. A large number of \u201cKepuwath Kola\u201d UNP loyalists began treating Premadasa as a traitor for having betrayed his patron\u00a0and leader Dudley.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028The death of Dudley Senanayake had a tremendous impact on the people of Sri Lanka. There was a spontaneous surge of sympathy and affection for Dudley all-round. These sentiments turned the tide politically for the UNP. There was a groundswell of support for the party. JR, the master tactician, wanted to channel this constructively and turn the UNP into a winner at the next elections. For this, he needed to reorganise and refurbish the party.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<b> One-on-One Meeting <\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0JR who was aware of his limitations knew that he lacked the common touch necessary for an exercise of this type. He realised that Premadasa, the man of the masses, was necessary for this task. So he summoned Premadasa for a one-on-one meeting.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2028In a frank discussion, JR told Premadasa that he agreed with Premadasa\u2019s desire to broad-base the UNP and turn it into a party of the common man. He requested Premadasa to join hands with him in this. But JR told Premadasa firmly that Premadasa should not have divided loyalties. He should disband the Citizens Front and throw in his lot with the UNP wholeheartedly.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPremadasa agreed and grasped JR\u2019s olive branch. He stopped promoting the Citizens Front and returned enthusiastically to UNP folds. The prodigal son was back home at last\u00a0 The rest as they say is history!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nD.B.S.Jeyaraj can be reached at dbsjeyaraj@yahoo.com<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis article appears in the \u201cPolitical Pulse\u201dColumn of \u201cDaily FT\u201ddated 12 April 2023.It can be accessed here &#8211;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.lk\/columns\/Dudley-Senanayake-s-demise-and-the-Premadasa-problem\/4-747317\">https:\/\/www.ft.lk\/columns\/Dudley-Senanayake-s-demise-and-the-Premadasa-problem\/4-747317\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton81715\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D81715&amp;text=Ranasinghe%20Premadasa%E2%80%99s%20Revolt%20and%20%20Dudley%20Senanayake%E2%80%99s%20%20Demise&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By D.B.S.Jeyaraj \u00a0 Dudley Shelton Senanayake known as Dudley Senanayake and Dudley passed away 50 years ago om 13 April 1973 at the age of 61. . The former leader of the United National Party(UNP) served as Prime Minister (PM) of Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon four times.In those\u00a0 pre-executive presidency days the Prime &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=81715\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Ranasinghe Premadasa\u2019s Revolt and  Dudley Senanayake\u2019s  Demise&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81715"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81731,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81715\/revisions\/81731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}