Sri Lankan actor-politician who met MGR and Tamil groups on a political mission

Vijaya Kumaratunga left the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in January 1984, along with his wife Chandrika, and established the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya. He visited Madras in June 1986 to find a solution to the bitter problem of Sri Lankan Tamils. Back home, he was vilified by some elements. He was shot dead in Colombo on February 16, 1988

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