by Our Special Correspondent in New Delhi Professor S.D. Muni, a renowned expert on South Asian geopolitics, has asserted that it was the United States, through its diplomatic influence, that played a central role in bringing Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), the leader of Sri Lanka’s Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and National People’s Power (NPP), to power. Muni’s comments, delivered in a speech at a prestigious university in India. “Anura Dissanayake owes his rise to the United States and its diplomatic mission in Colombo,” Muni asserted. The claim highlights the power dynamics at play behind Sri Lanka’s political evolution, suggesting that … Continue reading Exclusive: America Drove AKD’s Rise to Power — S.D. Muni