Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Founder Rohana Wijeweera
Founded 14th May 1965
Split from Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
Headquarters 464/20, Pannipitiya Road, Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Ideology

Marxism-Leninism Revolutionary socialism (pre-1989)

Anti-imperialism
Anthem "The Internationale"
Website
https://www.jvpsrilanka.com/english/
JVP May Day rally. Rohana Wijeweera is seen in the center

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (Sinhala: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ People's Liberation Front), shortened to JVP, is a Marxist-Leninist, and formerly revolutionary, political party in Sri Lanka. JVP has been, since its creation, a major opposing force throughout the political instability in Sri Lanka up to Rohana's death in 1989. Since then members of the party have returned to public politics.[1]

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