Sundaram Perumal Rajadurai (born 26 March 1967) is a

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n attorney-at-law, politician and former member of parliament.

Early life and family

Rajadurai was born on 26 March 1967. His family were estate workers at the Rockland estate in Udapussellawa. He studied at Suriyagaha Pathana Tamil Vidyalayam and Ragala Tamil Vidyalayam.

Career

Rajadurai is an

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, acting

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and president of the Nuwara Eliya

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. Rajadurai contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA; ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded by former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004 and dissolved by former Sri Lankan President Ma ...

's (UPFA) candidates in

Nuwara Eliya District Nuwara Eliya District (; ) is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka, centered on the tourist city of Nuwara Eliya. Demographics According to the 2001 census of Sri Lanka, population of Nuwara Eliya district is 703,610, of which 50.5 ...

. He was elected and entered

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. On 8 August 2013 Rajadurai left the

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to sit as an

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MP supporting UPFA. He joined the

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as its deputy leader on 18 August 2013. Rajadurai resigned from the UPFA on 21 November 2014 to support common opposition candidate

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at the

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. He joined the

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(UNP) on 25 November 2014. He was appointed the UNP organizer for Nuwara Eliya. He failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election after coming eighth amongst the

United National Front for Good Governance The United National Front (UNF) (), later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) ( ''Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna''; ), was a political alliance in Sri Lanka led by the United National Party. The UNF was the governing party ...

candidates.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajadurai, Perumal 1967 births Ceylon Workers' Congress politicians Living people Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan lawyers Tamil politicians Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka People from Central Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Hindus United National Party politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians