Deshapremi Janatha Vyaparaya (abbreviated as DJV) (දේශප්‍රේමී ජනතා ව්‍යාපාරය; Patriotic People's Movement)[4] was a militant organisation in Sri Lanka.

It was widely considered to be the military branch of the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and had been designated as a terrorist organisation by the Sri Lankan government.

According to most sources, led by Saman Piyasiri Fernando,Keerthi Vijayabahu, the DJV was a military branch of the JVP.

An assailant hurled two grenades, which killed two and wounded 14 including then prime minister Ranasinghe Premadasa, and Lalith Athulathmudali.

[7] The president back then, J.R Jayawardene, however, said that this is nothing but a cover organisation of the JVP, he further predicted possible affiliation between it and the Tamil militants in the North Eastern regions of Sri Lanka.

[citation needed] Several weapons recovered by the Sri Lankan Army was stolen from bases in the central province where the JVP had its headquarters.

[18] According to Rohana Wijeweera, the DJV is a patriotic composition of multiple political parties and unions in the country.

(#In the Northeast) Following the arrest of Rohana Wijeweera, he was shot on November 13, 1989, either by a comrade, H. B. Herath, as they were on the way to the headquarters of the DJV / JVP, or by the armed forces.

The Sri Lankan government media released a report on December 29, 1989, as "the leader of the JVP military wing killed along with four other cadres due to the crossfire between security forces and the JVP at their military wing headquarters, a farm located at Piliyandala"[22] The DJV ceased to exist after 1989.

In 1989 the organising committee of the JVP ordered Premakumar to attack the IPKF following the second anniversary of signing the Indo-Lanka accord.

[25] A statement made later recalling the incident says: Kumara Gunaratnam's older brother Ranjithan (said to be dead) was one of the most intelligent, able and disciplined cadres I have met anywhere.

The morning after, the JVP leadership contacted the Indian Deputy High Commissioner and profusely apologised, promising never to repeat that.