Shanakiya Rasamanickam Explained
Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam (born 20 September 1990) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.[1]
Rasamanickam was born on 20 September 1990.[1] He is the grandson of former MP S. M. Rasamanickam.[2] [3] He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy.[3] He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's organiser in Paddiruppu.[4] [5] He was an associate of the Rajapaksa regime and extremist Buddhist monk Sumanarathna, and a supporter of paramilitary leader Pillayan.[4] He is currently a member of Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.[2]
Rasamanickam contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.[6] [7] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Tamil National Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8] [9] [10]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Directory of Members: Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam . . 7 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
- News: Jeyaraj . D. B. S. . TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls . 7 September 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: Social media praise for New TNA MP's trilingual speaking ability displayed in his maiden speech in Parliament . 7 September 2020 . NewsWire . 4 September 2020 . Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
- News: Sri Lanka's big Facebook spenders . 7 September 2020 . . 4 August 2020.
- News: Rajaputhran for Paddiruppu, Arundika for Wennappuwa . 7 September 2020 . Sri Lanka Mirror . 21 February 2013 . Nugegoda, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211031181743/http://archive.srilankamirror.com/news/5445-rajaputram-for-padirpuwa-arundika-for-wennappuwa . dead .
- Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 13 July 2015 . 1923/3 . 270A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 7 September 2020 . . 19 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 6A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Batticaloa District . 7 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka . 27 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027100203/https://ceylontoday.lk/news/general-election-2020-preferential-votes-of-batticaloa-district . dead .
- News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 7 September 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.