Eleven MPs follow Weerawansa

Wimal Weerawansa, in a press conference, a while ago said that the JVP has fallen to forces of imperialism. He said in parliament today that "JVP has planned to remove me from the membership of the party which is equal to assassinating me" and added "I have been suspended by the party.
Reports said that eleven other JVP MPs are grouping with Weerawansa. They are Piyasiri Wijenayake and Jayantha Samaraweera (Kalutara), Priyankara Dissanayake and Samansiri Herath (Puttalam), Padma Udaya Shantha (Moneragala), Achala Jagoda and Deepal Gunasekara (Ratnapura), Nimal Premawansa (Nuwara Eliya), Ranaweera Pathirana (Anuradhapura), Sujatha Alahakoon (Matale) and National List MP Mohamed Muzamil.
Unexpected drama took place at the breakaway JVP press conference in Colombo as one rebel MP blasted the other rebels before returning to the party fold. Anuradhapura JVP MP Ranaweera Pathirana who scolded the 'Weerawansa & Co' was seen escorted by police to JVP headquarters. Now the rebel MP numbers have come down to ten.