The dissident Wimal Weerawansa group visited the most senior Buddhist monks of Asgiriya and Malwatte chapters on 20 April 2008 , to seek the blessings for their new political movement . Weerawansa also accused the UNP Kotte leaders of the conspiracy against the JVP . The breakaway group of ten JVP parliamentarians led by Wimal Weerawansa formed a new political party called the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna ( JNP ) . Party activities began on 14 May 2008 , the anniversary of the day Rohana Wijeweera had formed the JVP in 1965 and of the day the LTTE had killed 146 pilgrims during the Anuradhapura massacre at the Sri Maha Bodhi in 1985 . The party leaders who addressed the inaugural ceremony at BMICH in Colombo said that the new political party was an alternative to the two main political parties , UNP and SLFP , but not of the JVP . In December 2008 , JNP joined the government . They claimed that the government should be supported in this moment as it was successfully fighting LTTE in the north of Sri Lanka . In commenting on this issue , JVP politicians blamed the government , saying that it had mishandled many problems . They further alleged that their rivals had joined the government for personal gain
Anuradhapura massacre
Anuradhapura massacre
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna