Gulbin Sultana’s Article ‘Sri Lanka 2025: Maiden year of the NPP administration’ Published in Asia Maior
July 24, 2026
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Gulbin Sultana’s article ‘Sri Lanka 2025: Maiden year of the NPP administration’ has been published in Volume XXXVI, 2025 of Asia Maior, a double-blind peer-reviewed journal.
The historic political shift marked by the victory of the National People’s Power (NPP), a centre-left coalition, in Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections generated both optimism and apprehension regarding the prospect for meaningful reform and economic recovery… However, the outcome of the 2025 local council elections demonstrates that the wave of euphoria that brought the NPP to power has begun to ebb, even though President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s personal popularity endures, writes Dr Sultana.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.
