Mangalan Master

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]

References

1. ^ "Mangalan Master – a TMVP candidate in the election fray", Asian Tribune, July 11, http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/12164 
2. ^ Kamalendran, Chris (July 6), "Pillayan ready to make way for Karuna", The Sunday Times, http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080706/News/timesnews003.html 
3. ^ Pillayan gives ‘final warning’ to Karuna Daily Mirror.lk - May 28, 2007
4. ^ No Karuna camp in govt. area -SLA BBC News - March 20, 2005

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