The Janata Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has suffered a major split and a new party has been formed according to reports in The Island.
The dissidents led by Dimuthu Atygala, Pugbudu Jagoda and Waruna Rajapakse are said to have walked out a Committee meeting on Monday after announcing the breakaway.
The breakaway faction, who claim to have the support of more than half of the JVP’s 24-member committee, are expected to register a new political party soon.
However, JVP leader Somawanse Amarasinghe downplayed talks of a crisis at the party.
“The JVP is functioning like before and there is no crisis to talk about. I won’t respond to rumours and at present we are focused on the local government polls,”