Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
N. Indirakumar | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MPC |
Office: | Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District |
Term Start: | 2012 |
Party: | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
Otherparty: | Tamil National Alliance |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Niththiyanantham Indirakumar (alias Prasanna) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
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]