P. Ganeshalingam | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Paddiruppu | |
| In office 1977–1983 | |
| Preceded by | S. Thambirajah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1932 |
| Party | Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Poopalapillai Ganeshalingam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Ganeshalingam was born on 6 July 1932. [1]
Ganeshalingam stood as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Paddiruppu at the 1977 parliamentary election. He won and entered Parliament. [2] Ganeshalingam and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons:they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term;the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state;and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs. After three months of absence,Ganeshalingam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983. [3]