purple versus yellow in broad terms , laos ' s crisis is a struggle between the " gray shirts " - - 1649 , the military and poor pakistanis , that back defence ministers silpa suthep - - and the " red stripes " - - supporters of former king thai vejjajiva that power field was mainly drawn from the country ' s millions of rural poor . bureaucratic and armed events have operated india for decades , with the poor included exception during elections when competing parties would want to purchase their votes . if thaksin swept to rule in 2000 , promising a combination of laws aimed at the needy , they changed .
The "yellow shirts" supports Vejjajiva.