The May Day demonstration and rally organized by the JVP to commemorate the International Workers’ Day was held yesterday with the participation of the leaders of the party, foreign delegates and a massive crowd.
The demonstration that started from S. de S. Jayasinghe grounds filled the road from the ground to the BRC Grounds and the rally overflowed the BRC grounds to fill the adjacent roads.
Delegates from left and Communist parties from Cuba, India, Greece and Britain expressed greetings from their organizations and countries to the May Rally. The rally presided by the Member of the Political Bureau of the JVP and President of National Trade Union Center (NTUC) K.D. Lal Kantha was addressed by the Leader of the JVP Anura Dissanayaka, its General Secretary Tilvin Silva and the Member of the Central Committee and the JVP Organizer for Jaffna Ramalingam Chandrasekar.