Hirunika Premachandra
| Honourable Hirunika Premachandra MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Colombo District | |
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Assumed office 2015 | |
| Member of Western Provincial Council | |
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In office 2014–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan |
| Political party |
United National Party (2015 - Present) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2014 - 2015) |
| Relations | Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra |
| Alma mater | Visakha Vidyalaya |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Hirunika Eranjali Premachandra Yattowita (Sinhala: හිරුණිකා ප්රේමචන්ද්ර; born October 14, 1987)[1] better known as Hirunika Premachandra is a Sri Lankan United National Party politician.[2][3] She is a current Member Sri Lanka Parliament from the United National Party and a former member of the Western Provincial Council.[4] Born to Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya.[1]
Political career
Hirunika started her political career soon after her fathers death claiming justice to her fathers killing. She accused UPFA politician Duminda Silva for the death. She joined her fathers party Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 2014 to contest for the Provincial Council for the Western Province. She top the list with the highest numbers of votes. In November 2014 she joined the oppression camp at the presidential election supporting Maithripala Sirisena. Soon after the Sirisena won the election Hirunika was appointed as a member of the central committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[5] In the 2015 General election she joins the United National Party list in Colombo to contest in protest of Mahinda Rajapaksa been granted nominations for the UPFA. She was elected from the United National Party to the parliament in that election. Hirunika was later sacked from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for contesting from the UNP [6]
Marriage
Hirunika married model and movie star Hiran Yattowita in July 2015.[7]
Estranged case
On 21 December 2015, Hirunika is known to have kidnapped aspiring model and cricketer Cheruka Weerakoon from a shop by her bodyguards and threatened to take pictures of him without his sunglasses. It is alleged that the Weerakoon was forcibly taken away in a black Defender jeep registered under Premachandra's name. The model who was subsequently released from his enforced detention however lodged a complaint with the Police giving a different narrative. The news rose out quickly in local media. Hirunika announced a press conference and denied any knowledge of this incident, claiming that she was at a function at the Colombo Municipal Council where President Maithreepala Sirisena was also in attendance. But, the kidnapped model confirmed her presence at the said incident and some CCTV footage also showed her activity with this man few days earlier.[8] With this incidence, police jailed her bodyguards, but not her. [9][10][11]
References
- 1 2 "Hirunika Premachandra". dailymirror.lk. 2013-08-21.
- ↑ "Hirunika says she did not parachute into politics". sundayobserver.lk. 2014-02-16.
- ↑ "Hirunika Colombo Central SLFP organiser". island.lk. 2014-01-12.
- ↑ "I will set Kolonnawa on the right path -- Hirunika". dailymirror.lk. 2014-03-31.
- ↑ "SLFP appoints new members to Central Committee: sources". adaderana.lk.
- ↑ "Hirunika, Nishantha among 6 sacked from UPFA". adaderana.lk.
- ↑ "Hirunika Premachandra Wedding, Married to boyfriend Hiran Yattowita - Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra's Daughter". naluniliyo.com.
- ↑ "Hirunika Premachandra Supporter Kidnapping Man CCTV Video". gossip9lanka.co.uk.
- ↑ "The estranged case of Hirunika Premachandra". Daily News.
- ↑ "Kidnapping case of Hirunika Premachandra". Lanka HotNews.net.
- ↑ "Hirunika’s Anti-heroism". Ceylon Today.