Nallathamby Srikantha

Honourable Nallathamby Srikantha MP
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Jaffna District
In office 2006–2010
Preceded by	Nadarajah Raviraj, TNA
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Political party	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance (?-2010, 2011-)
Other political affiliations	Tamil National Liberation Alliance (2010-2011)
Residence	16 Clifford Place, Bambalapitiya, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka

Nallathamby Srikantha is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

Political career

At the April 2004 parliamentary election Srikantha was a candidate in Jaffna District but failed to get elected. However, Srikantha entered Parliament in November 2006 following the murder of Nadarajah Raviraj.^[1]

In 2010 Srikantha left Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) and Tamil National Alliance (TNA). He subsequently formed the Tamil National Liberation Alliance (TNLA) with other dissident members of the TNA.^[2] He stood as one of the TNLA candidates in Jaffna District in the April 2010 parliamentary election. The TNLA failed to win any seats in Parliament. In June 2011 TNLA was dissolved and Srikantha rejoined TELO and TNA.^[3]

References

• Chandraprema, C .A. (1 July 2009). ""Adieu assassination politics"- N.Srikantha". The Island, Sri Lanka. http://www.island.lk/2009/07/01/features3.html. 

1. ^ "New TNA parliamentarian takes oath". TamilNet. 30 November 2006. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20447. 
2. ^ "New Tamil alliance in Sri Lanka says TNA betrayed Tamils". Colombo Page. 23 February 2010. http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10/Feb1266911405CH.html. 
3. ^ "Sivajilingam, Sri Kantha decide to join TNA, restructure TELO". Tamilnet. 25 June 2011. http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=34110. 

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