Nallathamby Srikantha
For other uses, see Srikantha.
| Honourable Nallathamby Srikantha MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Jaffna District | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Nadarajah Raviraj, TNA |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance (?-2010, 2011-) |
| Other political affiliations |
Tamil National Liberation Alliance (2010-2011) |
| Residence | 16 Clifford Place, Bambalapitiya, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka |
Nallathamby Srikantha is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.
Political career
At the April 2004 parliamentary election Srikantha was a candidate in Jaffna District but failed to get elected. However, Srikantha entered Parliament in November 2006 following the murder of Nadarajah Raviraj.[1]
In 2010 Srikantha left Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) and Tamil National Alliance (TNA). He subsequently formed the Tamil National Liberation Alliance (TNLA) with other dissident members of the TNA.[2] He stood as one of the TNLA candidates in Jaffna District in the April 2010 parliamentary election. The TNLA failed to win any seats in Parliament. In June 2011 TNLA was dissolved and Srikantha rejoined TELO and TNA.[3]
References
- Chandraprema, C .A. (1 July 2009). ""Adieu assassination politics"- N.Srikantha". The Island, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ "New TNA parliamentarian takes oath". TamilNet. 30 November 2006.
- ↑ "New Tamil alliance in Sri Lanka says TNA betrayed Tamils". Colombo Page. 23 February 2010.
- ↑ "Sivajilingam, Sri Kantha decide to join TNA, restructure TELO". Tamilnet. 25 June 2011.
