Arundika Fernando Explained

Arundika Fernando
Native Name:	අරුන්දික ප්‍රනාන්දු அருந்திகா பெர்னாண்டோ
Honorific-Suffix:	MP
Constituency Mp1:	Puttalam District
Parliament1:	Sri Lankan
Term Start1:	2010
Birth Date:	15 September 1971
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
Party:	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Otherparty:	United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence:	No.65, Walawwatta, Dankotuwa

Arundika Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is affiliated to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.^{[1] [2]}

Fernando was sacked from his deputy minister position in 2017 by President Sirisena.^[3] He has claimed to have served in the Sri Lankan Air Force as a pilot and later in the SriLankan Airlines. However the Sri Lankan Air Force denied that he had ever served in the SLAF in any role and the only record of his career as a pilot is a failed Flying Aptitude Test. The Airline Pilots' Guild of Sri Lanka also denied that he was ever a pilot in the SriLankan Airlines.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: ARUNDIKA FERNANDO . Directory of Members . . 14 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101013020511/http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=3146 . 13 October 2010 .
2. Web site: Parliamentary Elections -2010. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 14 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513041821/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Puttalama_pref_GE2010.pdf. 13 May 2010. dead.
3. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2017/09/12/president-sacks-deputy-tourism-minister-arundika-fernando/ President sacks tourism minister
4. News: Airforce denies MP Arundika Fernando's claim that he served in SLAF . English . www.dailymirror.lk . 20 May 2022.
5. News: Airline Pilots' Guild too shoots down Arundika's pilot claim - Top Story Daily Mirror . 23 May 2022 . www.dailymirror.lk . en.