Mangalan Master is the nom de guerre of a candidate for the TMVP contesting Polonnaruwa District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in Sri Lanka.[1] He is a former LTTE cadre, third in line for TMVP leadership after defecting to the party of Colonel Karuna[2] and a staunch Karuna partisan during intra-TMVP feuds.[3] The LTTE made an attempt on his life with claymore bombs in 2005.[4]
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- ^ "Mangalan Master – a TMVP candidate in the election fray", Asian Tribune, July 11, 2008
- ^ Kamalendran, Chris (July 6, 2008), "Pillayan ready to make way for Karuna", The Sunday Times
- ^ Pillayan gives ‘final warning’ to Karuna Daily Mirror.lk - May 28, 2007
- ^ No Karuna camp in govt. area -SLA BBC News - March 20, 2005
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