{"id":83555,"date":"2024-02-05T02:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=83555"},"modified":"2024-02-05T09:09:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T13:09:12","slug":"india-extends-official-invitation-to-jvp-for-the-first-time-jvp-leader-anura-kumara-dissanayake-to-lead-party-delegation-on-5-day-visit-to-new-delhi-ahmedabad-and-thiruvananthapuram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=83555","title":{"rendered":"India Extends Official Invitation to JVP for the First Time; JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to head Party Delegation on 5 Day Visit to New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram"},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/p>\n

Meera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Indian government has invited a delegation led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka\u2019s leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP or People\u2019s Liberation Front), to New Delhi, in a significant outreach to the island nation\u2019s most popular politician at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe leave tomorrow [Monday] morning and will be there for five days for meetings,\u201d JVP legislator Vijitha Herath, who is part of the delegation, told The Hindu on Sunday night. This is the first time that the JVP leader, who helms the National People\u2019s Power [NPP] alliance, has received an official invitation from the Government of India.<\/p>\n

Sources at the Indian High Commission said the delegation is scheduled to visit three cities \u2014New Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Thiruvananthapuram \u2014 and hold meetings with government officials, members of the business community, in addition to visiting centres of excellence in agriculture and industry. <\/p>\n

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The development assumes significance in the wake of Mr. Dissanayake\u2019s soaring popularity, after the historic people\u2019s movement in 2022 that dislodged former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid a crushing financial meltdown. According to the latest survey conducted by the Institute for Health Policy, a Colombo-based research institution, he is the most preferred candidate in a likely presidential election this year. 50% of respondents said they would vote for him, while 33% of the respondents chose Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa and only 9% chose President Ranil Wickremesinghe, findings released this January showed. The survey outcome reiterated the findings of multiple local opinion polls conducted over the last year.<\/p>\n

Further, the visit comes after a marked shift in the JVP\u2019s position on India, nearly four decades after the party led an armed insurrection opposing, among other things, the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987 that it deemed an expression of \u201cIndian expansionism\u201d.<\/p>\n

Acknowledging the shift in the party\u2019s stance, in an interview to The Hindu in December 2023, Mr. Dissanayake said: \u201cWe do know that India, who is our closest neighbour, has become a major political and economic centre. So, when we take economic and political decisions, we will always care about how it will impact India.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Meera Srinivasan The Indian government has invited a delegation led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka\u2019s leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP or People\u2019s Liberation Front), to New Delhi, in a significant outreach to the island nation\u2019s most popular politician at the moment. \u201cWe leave tomorrow [Monday] morning and will be there for …<\/p>\n

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