The two leading Tamil nationalist parties in the North-East announced the appointment of parliamentarians through Sri Lanka’s National List, as the new parliament gets ready to convene later this month.
The Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) appointed its General Secretary Selvarajah Kajendren.
Kajendren is a former MP and veteran Tamil activist, who was first elected in 2004. In 2010, he and other parliamentarians left the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to form the TNPF.
Thavarasa Kalaiyarasan, a former member of the Eastern Provincial Council and Amparai District Navithenweli Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman has been nominated as TNA National List MP.
A total of 19 of 29 National List MPs announced so far. See the list here.
