▁J VP ▁entered ▁dem ocr atic ▁politics ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁orig ins ▁ ▁J VP ▁ins urre ctions ▁▁ ▁The ▁left ist ▁Jan ath a ▁V im uk th i ▁Per am una ▁drew ▁world wide ▁attention ▁to ▁Sri ▁L anka , ▁when ▁it ▁launched ▁an ▁ins urre ction ▁against ▁the ▁Band ar ana ike ▁government ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁Although ▁the ▁ins urg ents ▁were ▁young , ▁poor ly ▁armed , ▁and ▁in ade qu ately ▁trained , ▁they ▁succeeded ▁in ▁se izing ▁and ▁holding ▁major ▁areas ▁in ▁Southern ▁and ▁Central ▁provinces ▁before ▁they ▁were ▁defeated ▁by ▁the ▁security ▁forces . ▁Their ▁attempt ▁to ▁se ize ▁power ▁created ▁a ▁major ▁crisis ▁for ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁forced ▁a ▁fundamental ▁re ass ess ment ▁of ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁security ▁needs . ▁The ▁conflict ▁saw ▁a ▁limited ▁usage ▁of ▁weapons ▁and ▁tact ics ▁from ▁both ▁parties . ▁The ▁J VP ▁had ▁prepared ▁for ▁the ▁ins urre ction ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁it ▁gather ing ▁weapons ▁and ▁am mun ition , ▁though ▁modern ▁weapons ▁were ▁of ▁limited ▁access ▁to ▁them . ▁ ▁The ▁government ▁react ed ▁to ▁the ▁J VP ' s ▁ins urre ction ▁by ▁launch ing ▁a ▁brut al ▁crack down ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁killing , ▁in ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁just ▁five ▁weeks , ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁young ▁people ▁sus pected ▁of ▁being ▁J VP ▁members . ▁According ▁to ▁another ▁source ,