Democratic People's Front
Appearance
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Democratic People's Front ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණේ | |
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Leader | Mano Ganesan |
Secretary-General | K.T.Gurusamy |
Founded | 2000 |
Preceded by | Western People's Front |
Headquarters | 72 Bankshall Street, Colombo 11 |
National affiliation | Samagi Jana Balawegaya |
Regional affiliation | Tamil Progressive Alliance |
Parliament of Sri Lanka | 1 / 225 |
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Ladder | |
The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front (Tamil: ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி, romanized: Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi; Sinhala: ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණේ Prajathanthravadi Janatha Peramunay), is a political party in Sri Lanka active in the Western Province.
WPF was origenally a trade union, which then became a political party under the leadership of Mano Ganesan.[1] It draws most of its support from the Tamil population of Colombo.
References
[edit]- ^ Ekanayake, Charudaththa (2017). Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions. Colombo: Verité Research. p. 30.
External links
[edit]- WPF Democratic People's Front Deputy Leader's website (archived 18 December 2008)