B. Gajatheepan

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Honourable
B. Gajatheepan
MPC
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Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District
Assumed office
11 October 2013
Personal details
Born (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982 (age 41)
Political party Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		 Tamil National Alliance
Alma mater Jaffna Hindu College
Kopay Teacher Training College
ProfessionTeacher
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Balachandran Gajatheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.

Gajatheepan was educated at Jaffna Hindu College and Kopay Teacher Training College. [1] He was a teacher at Analativu Sathasivam Maha Vidyalayam and Union College, Tellippalai. [1] He is leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's youth wing. [1]

Gajatheepan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council. [2] [3] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on tourism. [4] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hindu old boys P.Ayngaranesan and B.Gajatheepan elected to NPC". jaffnahindu.org. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 26 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet . 11 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet . 11 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
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