PART 7 – 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements – An Urgent Appeal to the JVP/NPP Leadership
To the leadership of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and its political alliance, the National People’s Power (NPP):
You rose to power on the promise of sovereignty, accountability, national dignity, and liberation from external control—both economic and political. Many voted for you hoping you would chart a new course for Sri Lanka, free from foreign dependency, debt bondage, and elite betrayals.
But now, in just five months since assuming power, the path you’ve chosen has delivered 35 strategic agreements with India that have effectively:
- Transferred critical sectors of our nation to a foreign power,
- Compromised military, digital, cultural, and energy sovereignty, and
- Set in motion the most significant external entrenchment of Indian influence in Sri Lanka since independence.
This is not reform. This is capitulation.
What you have actually done…
You signed away control over:
- Ports (Trincomalee, KKS, Colombo)
- Airports (Palaly redevelopment)
- Oil farms & energy storage (Trincomalee)
- Digital ID and fintech systems
- Maritime surveillance systems
- Power grids & energy exchange
- Public transport infrastructure
- Archaeological and cultural sites
- Religious tourism corridors
- Education platforms & scholarships
- Agriculture, mining, and water resources
All this was done:
- Without parliamentary debate,
- Without public consultation, and
- Without transparency on clauses, durations, or penalties.
The People elected you — not to hand us to a Foreign Power
JVP’s history is one of resistance to foreign domination—against Indian troops in the late 1980s, against U.S. interventions, and against neoliberalism.
But today, your administration is doing exactly what past regimes were accused of—only more quietly, more rapidly, and under the cloak of progressive reform.
This is not “India-friendly cooperation” — it is structural subordination.
This is also building unnecessary friction against India.
A Turning Point for the JVP/NPP:
You must ask yourselves:
- Is this the legacy you wish to leave behind?
- Will the JVP be remembered as the vanguard of sovereignty or the facilitator of foreign entrenchment?
- Have you become the very force you once opposed?
What Must Be Done Now?
- Disclose All Agreements Publicly
Publish the full, unredacted text of all 35 Indo-Lanka MoUs and agreements. Let the people know what has been traded in their name.
- Suspend Controversial Projects Pending Parliamentary Review
Especially those involving national security, resource control, and religious-cultural narratives.
- Initiate a Sovereignty Impact Audit
Evaluate the legal, economic, security, and geopolitical costs of these deals with an independent national commission.
- Reaffirm Sri Lanka’s Non-Aligned Foreign Policy
Balance foreign relations. Avoid being drawn into India’s geopolitical orbit at the expense of our regional neutrality.
- Apologize and Course-Correct
There is dignity in admitting miscalculation. The people will forgive a leader who listens, but not one who betrays.
Final Word: Don’t Trade Our Independence for Illusions of Stability
You stood before the people and promised a new era—one where sovereignty, justice, and the voice of the people would prevail.
Today, we appeal to your conscience.
Undo the damage while there is still time.
Reject the road of quiet surrender.
Return to the path of national dignity.
The world is watching.
Your people are watching.
History will record what you did—or failed to undo.
