Dinesh Gunawardene, an extreme leftist, belongs to a family with a political background in Ilangi. Their families participated in the Indian freedom struggle.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, a close friend of the Rajapaksa families, took over as the new President of Sri Lanka, which is mired in severe economic crisis and political crisis.
Dinesh Gunawardene took over as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka the day after this happened.
Ranil Wickramasinghe’s college friend Dinesh Gunawardene was a radical leftist thinker. 73-year-old Dinesh Gunavardane’s family has a political background. His family members participated in the Indian freedom struggle.
Who is this Dinesh Gunawardene?
He is the leader of the Trotskyist majority nationalist Mahajana X Peramuna Party, a member of Sri Lanka’s ruling party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Party.
Dinesh Gunawardene, who has been in public life for more than 50 years, has held various important responsibilities as Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education.
Rajapaksa made him the Home Minister last April. Philip Gunawardene, father of Dinesh Gunawardene, played a major role in the political history of Sri Lanka.
He started the Lanka Sama Samaja party and spread socialism throughout the country. Therefore people called him father of Sri Lanka Socialism and Boralukoda Singham.
After Philip’s death, Dinesh Gunawardene took over as party leader in 1979. He went to the country’s parliament for the first time in 1983.
And Dinesh Gunawardene studied at the prestigious Royal College in Colombo. Then Ranil Wickramasinghe was his college friend. Later Dinesh Gunawardene completed his BBA from the University of Commerce in the Netherlands.
Communication in the Indian Freedom Struggle
Dinesh Gunawardene’s father Philip participated in the Indian freedom struggle. While studying in London, he became close friends with Jawaharlal Nehru and Krishnan Menon.
In 1942, Philip participated in the Quit White Movement against the British colonial rule.
Philip’s wife Kusuma later joined the protest. Dinesh’s elder brother Indika was also born in Mumbai.
Challenges faced by Dinesh Gunawardene
Dinesh Gunawardene, who has taken over as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is facing the most difficult political challenges.
Due to high inflation prevailing in Sri Lanka, people from all walks of life, including the middle class, are facing severe challenges such as difficulty in getting essential items, high prices of items.
The country must first ensure that they get essential items. And people’s protests against the government are going on in the country. This will continue to give him political crises.
Earlier, due to popular uprising, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from their positions.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken refuge in Singapore with his wife. Mahinda Rajapaksa’s family is also not in Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has banned Mahinda Rajapaksa from fleeing abroad.
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