Balachandran Gajatheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.
B. Gajatheepan | |
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| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
| Assumed office 11 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 April 1982 |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Alma mater | Jaffna Hindu College Kopay Teacher Training College |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Gajatheepan was educated at Jaffna Hindu College and Kopay Teacher Training College.[1] He was a teacher at Analativu Sathasivam Maha Vidyalayam and Union College, Tellippalai.[1] He is leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's youth wing.[1]
Gajatheepan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[2][3] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on tourism.[4] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hindu old boys P.Ayngaranesan and B.Gajatheepan elected to NPC". jaffnahindu.org. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013.
- ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013.
- ^ "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- ^ "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
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