Karuna Amman to Parliament

TMVP leader, V. Muralidaran to enter Parliament

TMVP leader Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman has been appointed an MP of the UPFA.

He is due to be sworn in tomorrow (Oct. 07th) before the speaker in Parliament.

Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, better known by the nom de guerre 'Colonel Karuna' he earned while in the LTTE, will be sworn in as a Member of Parliament representing the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), according to a gazette notification under Article 64(5) of the Constitution.

Commissioner of Elections, Dayananda Dissanayake, in the said gazette notification, has, according to powers conferred on him by the Parliamentay Elections Act No.1 of 1981, has declared Mr. Mralidaran elected as a member of the Sixth Parliament.

Muralidaran will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of H.M. Wasantha Samarasinghe, who chose to contest the recently concluded North Central Provincial Council election on the JVP ticket.

Muralidaran, one time the LTTE's commander for the Eastern Province, broke away from the terrorist outfit citing differences with LTTE leader, V. Prabhakaran.