Nava Sama Samaja Party
New Equal Society Party Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya | |
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| Secretary | Fourth International (Formerly) |
| Colors | Red Yellow |
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The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya (New Equal Society Party) is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu (Bahu), Sumanasiri Liyanage and some others. Siritunga Jayasuriya (Siri) and Vasudeva Nanayakkara (Vasu) joined later. In 1976 when the LSSP was thrown out of the coalition large numbers joined the tendency and in December 1977 it declared itself as Nava Sama Samaja Party.
Initially the NSSP was affiliated with the
In October 2020 Executive Bureau of the Fourth International released a statement condemning the NSSP for allying with the United National Party (UNP) in 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election. Vikramabahu Karunaratne contested the elections under UNP and refused to answer repeated questions by the Fourth International and the NSSP members supported Vikramabahu's decision. Thus the Bureau of the Fourth International decided to suspend all links with the NSSP.[3]
References
- ^ "History of the CWI". Archived from the original on 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2005-12-16.
- ^ "Trotskyism in Ceylon".
- ^ "Statement regarding the Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières". www.europe-solidaire.org. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
External links
- Official site Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
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