Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Marxist-Leninist)

The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Marxist-Leninist) (abbreviated CPSL(M-L)) was a political party in Sri Lanka. The party originated in a split in the Ceylon Communist Party (Peking Wing) (CP(P)), as tension had risen between N. Shanmugathasan (who maintained opposition to the new United Front government) and Watson Fernando (who argued that the UF was a 'progressive force'). On September 22, 1972 the N. Shanmugathasan-led Central Committee of CP(P) declared Fernando and fellow CC members Ariyawansa Gunasekara and V.A. Kandasamy expelled. On November 12, 1972 Fernando's group declared itself as the CPSL(M-L).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Just like the Communist Party (Peking Wing), the CPSL(M-L) sought to maintain contacts with the Communist Party of China.[8] Notably, CPSL(M-L) retained support for official Chinese party line after the death of Mao Zedong and the ouster of the Gang of Four.[9] On October 20, 1976 D.N. Nadunge, member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of CPSL(M-L) sent a letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, congratulating Hua Guofeng on his appointment as new party chairman.[10]

References
  1. Asian Survey. University of California Press. July 1975. p. 754.
  2. Problemas internacionales. Agencia de Información de los EE.UU. 1973. p. 32.
  3. Asian Analysis. 1972. p. 46.
  4. News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses. 1972. p. 201.
  5. Richard Felix Staar; Milorad M. Drachkovitch; Lewis H. Gann (1974). Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Hoover Institution Press. p. 542.
  6. Milorad M. Drachkovitch; Lewis H. Gann (1978). Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Hoover Institution Press. p. 318.
  7. Tribune. Ceylon News Service. 1975. p. 9.
  8. British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (September 1973). Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
  9. Marxists.org. Anti-Revisionism in Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  10. Peking Review. Peking review. 1976. p. 60.
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