The delegation of the National People’s Power (NPP), led by its leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, returned to the island on Saturday (10) following its five-day official visit to India. 

Commenting to the media upon returning, Dissanayake expressed that details about the visit would be made public at a press conference scheduled to be held in the coming few days.

The NPP, led by leftist party JVP, dispatched a high-level delegation to India last Monday (5) following an official invitation of the Indian Government. During the visit, Dissanayake met with several high-level Indian officials and political figures including Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar, National Security Advisor, and the Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel. The discussions focused on bilateral relations between the two nations. The delegation also joined an observation tour in agricultural areas and agro-industries in Ahmedabad.

The visit, the first of its kind for the NPP and JVP, has drawn interest and criticism from the political spectrum in Sri Lanka, and has piqued the interests of Colombo watches, and analysts in the region.

Dissanayake was heading the NPP delegation, which included Vijitha Herath, Nihal Abeysinghe and Prof. Anil Jayantha, and the delegation visited New Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Thiruvananthapuram during the visit.