On Thursday, the high commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, met with the country’s Marxist party of JVP and talked about some bilateral initiatives as well as trends taking place in India. Previously they had led anti-India campaigns during 1987-1990 against Indo-Lanka Accord.
“High Commissioner @santjha interacted with JVP leaders and briefed them about various bilateral initiatives between #India & #SriLanka and developments in India,” the Indian mission high commission said in a post on X.
JVP is also a third largest south-based political group that became an integral part of mainstream politics after two violent insurrections of 1971 and 1987-90.
For the first time ever, this party delegation came to India in February following an invitation by the Indian government where they shared their view that international consensus was necessary for Sri Lanka and isolationism was not feasible for them anymore.
The Indo-Lanka Peace Accord that was signed on July 29th, 1987 in Colombo by Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan president John R. Jayewardene was meant to end the civil war through implementation of thirteenth amendment to the constitution of SL.
In line with this agreement, Colombo agreed to devolve power to provinces; LTTE had to lay down its arms while Srilankan soldiers were to be confined to their barracks only.
