N. Indirakumar Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tissainayagam. J. S.. Batti: campaign amid terror. The Sunday Leader. 25 November 2001. J. S. Tissainayagam.
  2. News: Palihawadana. Norman. LTTE guns down former PLOTE member. The Island (Sri Lanka). 23 May 2003.
  3. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513034530/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Batticaloa_pref_GE2010.pdf. dead. 2010-05-13. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. Web site: Preferences. https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080234/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ele_2012/Candidates/Batticaloa%20preference.pdf. dead. 2014-04-29. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. Web site: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. Military Intelligence Operatives ‘Pressure’ TNA Eastern Councillors Into Supporting UPFA Administration. dbsjeyaraj.com. 14 September 2012.
  6. News: Bandara. Kelum. Post-election Tug of war..... Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 13 September 2012.
  7. News: Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 September 2012.