Sri Lanka, Feb. 17 -- SJB Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva has questioned the ideological shift of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the National People"s Power (NPP), claiming that the parties are now proposing the same neoliberal economic reforms they previously opposed.

"They talked about a neoliberal program today. If they now say these reforms are good, what happened to the last 40 years of opposition? If they opposed these reforms for decades and now suddenly accept them, that means our 40 years were in vain. That is a crime," he stated.

Dr. de Silva also pointed out that the recent budget does not reflect any significant ideological change from past economic policies.

"The last budget and this budget have no differ...