Claim: Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya was a terrorist group,  armed wing and the secondary organisation of the leftist political movement JVP in Sri Lanka who target politicians and military bases from rightist parties and rival leftists.
Evidence: Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (abbreviated as DJV) (Sinhala: දේශප්‍රේමී ජනතා ව්‍යාපාරය; Tamil: தேசபக்தி மக்கள் இயக்கம்) was the armed wing and the secondary organisation of the leftist political movement Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) from 1987-1989 in Sri Lanka. The major target was politicians and military bases. The militants patrolled towns at night and attacked politicians mostly from rightist parties and rival leftists. It had been designated as a terrorist organization by the Sri Lankan government.