The National People’s Party (NPP) marked the completion of its first year in government in September 2025. Sadly, the new government has already lost touch with the realities on the ground. Tilvin Silva, General Secretary of the JVP – the main party in the coalition government, made a recent media statement that they have no information of anyone in Sri Lanka suffering from hunger. Contrary to the claims of the ruling party, our experiences working with grassroots women’s groups have revealed an overall degeneration of people’s lives in the face of harsh austerity policies the NPP has chosen to continue.

