N. Indirakumar

Honourable
N. Indirakumar
MPC
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District
Assumed office
2012
Personal details
Political party Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Other political
affiliations
Tamil National Alliance
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Niththiyanantham Indirakumar (alias Prasanna) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.

Indirakumar is the Deputy Leader and General Secretary of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization.[1][2]

Indirakumar contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District but failed to get elected after coming fifth amongst the TNA candidates.[3] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[4] A few days after the election some TNA councillors including Indirakumar were threatened and coerced into joining the United People's Freedom Alliance but none of them gave into the threats.[5][6] Indirakumar and the other newly elected TNA provincial councillors took their oaths on 28 September 2012 in front of TNA leader and Member of Parliament R. Sampanthan.[7]

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