JVP tries to create subversive culture

Shirley WIJESINGHE

The JVP is trying to create a subversive culture in the universities through the anti-democratic actions of students, said Jathika Hela Urumaya Leader Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Thera at a media conference yesterday.

The students belonging to Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and Burger communities should have the rights to study in any university of the country without any discrimination, the Thera added.

He said the JHU strongly condemned the recent protest campaigns organised by the JVP opposite the University Grants Commission misleading the parents of students against the decision of its Chairman on the issue of considering all universities at same level. The JVP has clearly attempted to underestimate the military victories by organising such protest campaigns, the Thera said. Some Bhikkus were trying to go beyond the students' rights by representing protest campaigns, said Medhananda Thera.