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Perumal Rajadurai
Sri Lankan politician and attorney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sundaram Perumal Rajadurai (born 26 March 1967) is a Sri Lankan attorney-at-law, politician and former member of parliament.
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Early life and family
Rajadurai was born on 26 March 1967.[1] His family were estate workers at the Rockland estate in Udapussellawa.[2] He studied at Suriyagaha Pathana Tamil Vidyalayam and Ragala Tamil Vidyalayam.[3]
Career
Rajadurai is an attorney-at-law, acting magistrate and president of the Nuwara Eliya Rotary Club.[2][3]
Rajadurai contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance's (UPFA) candidates in Nuwara Eliya District. He was elected and entered Parliament.[4][5] On 8 August 2013 Rajadurai left the Ceylon Workers' Congress to sit as an independent MP supporting UPFA.[6][7] He joined the National Union of Workers as its deputy leader on 18 August 2013.[8]
Rajadurai resigned from the UPFA on 21 November 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the presidential election.[9][10] He joined the United National Party (UNP) on 25 November 2014.[11] He was appointed the UNP organizer for Nuwara Eliya.[12] He failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election after coming eighth amongst the United National Front for Good Governance candidates.[13]
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Electoral history
References
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