Attorney-at-law Lal Wijenayake, a member of the National People's Power (NPP) Executive Committee and a veteran leftist politician, has passed away.
Mr. Wijenayake served for many years as a member of the Political Bureau of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He later left the party and played a leading role in establishing the United Left Front.
He received his primary education at Dharmaraja College, Kandy, before pursuing his studies at the Faculty of Science of the University of Peradeniya and the Sri Lanka Law College. He subsequently entered the legal profession as an attorney-at-law.
He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the first Central Provincial Council.
Throughout his long political career, he remained actively involved in left-wing politics and served as a member of the NPP's National Operations Committee and Executive Committee.
