K. Thurairajasingam

Krishnapillai Thurairajasingam (born 28 July 1956) is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician, provincial minister and former Member of Parliament.

Not to be confused with K. Thurairetnasingam.
Hon.

K. Thurairajasingam

MPC
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Eastern Province
Assumed office
3 March 2015
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Batticaloa District
In office
1994–2000
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District
Assumed office
2012
Personal details
Born (1956-07-28) 28 July 1956
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
ResidenceLake Road, Batticaloa
ProfessionLawyer

Early life

Thurairajasingam was born on 28 July 1956.[1]

Career

Thurairajasingam is an attorney at law.[2][3]

Thurairajasingam contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament.[4] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[5] Thurairajasingam 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.[6] During the election campaign Thurairajasingam house was padlocked from the outside in a futile attempt to prevent him submitting the TNA's nominations.[7][8]

Thurairajasingam became the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (ITAK) general secretary in September 2014.[9][10] Following the 2015 presidential election an all party provincial government was formed in the Eastern Province.[11][12][13] Thurairajasingam took his oath as Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in front of Governor Austin Fernando on 3 March 2015.[14][15]

References
  1. "Directory of Past Members: Thurairasasingham, Krishnapillai". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Krishnaswamy, P. (16 September 2012). "Post elections assurances: Focus on development". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  3. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (7 March 2015). "Imperative Need to Support Tamil Moderates in the Struggle Against Extremists". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  5. "Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.
  6. "Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 September 2012.
  7. Kelum Bandara; Kelum Bandara (18 July 2012). "Two TNA candidates withdraw due to threats". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
  8. "TNA Batti candidate locked inside house". Ceylon Today. 19 July 2012.
  9. "Mavai replaces Sampanthan as ITAK leader". Tamil Guardian. 6 September 2014.
  10. "Changes In ITAK Top Posts". Asian Mirror. 7 September 2014.
  11. Somarathna, Rasika (5 March 2015). "'EPC power sharing similar to experimental unity govt'". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  12. Balachandran, P. K. (17 February 2015). "For The First Time in History, TNA Will Be in Eastern Province' Board of Ministers". The New Indian Express.
  13. Thambiah, Mirudhula (24 February 2015). "SLMC - TNA marriage in the East". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  14. Panchalingam, Ariram (3 March 2015). "New Eastern Provincial Council Ministers sworn in". News First.
  15. "Eastern PC Ministers sworn in". Hiru News. 3 March 2015.
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