Niththiyanantham Indirakumar (alias Prasanna) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
N. Indirakumar | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Indirakumar is the Deputy Leader and General Secretary of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization.[1][2]
Indirakumar contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District but failed to get elected after coming fifth amongst the TNA candidates.[3] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[4] A few days after the election some TNA councillors including Indirakumar were threatened and coerced into joining the United People's Freedom Alliance but none of them gave into the threats.[5][6] Indirakumar and the other newly elected TNA provincial councillors took their oaths on 28 September 2012 in front of TNA leader and Member of Parliament R. Sampanthan.[7]
References
edit- ^ Tissainayagam, J. S. (25 November 2001). "Batti: campaign amid terror". The Sunday Leader.
- ^ Palihawadana, Norman (23 May 2003). "LTTE guns down former PLOTE member". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
- ^ "Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (14 September 2012). "Military Intelligence Operatives 'Pressure' TNA Eastern Councillors Into Supporting UPFA Administration". dbsjeyaraj.com.
- ^ Bandara, Kelum (13 September 2012). "Post-election Tug of war..." Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 September 2012.
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