JVP has become LTTE cat’s paw - Wimal

The diehard JVP leadership has become the LTTE’s unofficial cat’s paw. The party has been driven to a sorry state because certain party members have begun to work according to an agenda of some foreign powers active within the party, said the Janatha Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) President Wimal Weerawansa.

He was addressing its inaugural meeting at the Ananda Samarakoon theatre, Negegoda recently.

He said today the JVP has turned to be Ranil’s junior team. For over two years we struggled to change the direction, the party was following.

When it was found our efforts were in futile, we left the party and formed the JNP, so that we were ready to face any challenges. Party President, Wimal Weerawansa, General Secretary Nandana Gunatilleke, National Organiser Kamal Deshapriya and several others participated.

A large number of invitees including the members of the clergy was also present. Several artistes including Buddhadasa Vithanachchi, Lal Kularatne, Rogger Seneviratne and Cyril Enderamulla received the party membership.

JVP Secretary Nandana Gunatilleke said the UNP assassinated 60,000 of their members. Only a very few members survived to rebuild the JVP in tatters then to make it vibrant political entity in Sri Lanka” he said.

As the members of the JVP, we managed to rehabilitate the party with much difficulty. Somawansa Amarasinghe was in England then. He was available only over the telephone.”

“I was amazed when I learned that Somawansa Amarasinghe had said that we did not have any problems during this time.

The UNP was on our trail with guns to shoot us down,” he said.

JVP National Organiser Kamal Deshapriya said Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga says that it was her who brought us to the political stream. But I would like to say today that no body gave us democracy, and it was achieved with much dedication and sacrifice by us.