Chelliah Rajadurai ( ta, செல்லையா இராசதுரை; born 27 July 1927) is a
Sri Lankan Tamil
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politician and former government minister, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Batticaloa.
Rajadurai was born on 27 July 1927. Rajadurai was a journalist and a member of the editorial staff of the ''Sutantiran'' weekly newspaper.
Rajadurai stood as the
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate for
Batticaloa
Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the B ...
at the
1956 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered
Parliament. He was re-elected at the
March 1960,
July 1960,
1965
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and
1970
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parliamentary elections. He was the
Tamil United Liberation Front candidate in Batticaloa at the
1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected. In March 1979 he
defected
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to the