Initially identified simply as the New Left, this group drew on students and unemployed youths from rural areas, most of them in the 16-to 25-year-old range who felt that their economic interests had been neglected by the nation's leftist coalitions.
Initially identified simply as the New Left, this group drew on students and unemployed youths from rural areas, most of them in the 16-to 25-year-old range. Many of these new recruits were members of lower castes (Karava and Durava) who felt that their economic interests had been neglected by the nation's leftist coalitions.