Party Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) Electoral District / National List Jaffna Date of Birth : 27-10-1942 Civil Status : Married Religion : Hindu Political Career Secretary - Tamil Youth Students Organisation 1964 - 1966; Participated as a student in the Sathyagraha Campaign - civil Disobedient Movement launched by SJV Chelvanayagam, leader Federal Party in 1961; Taken into custody by the police in eleven occasions between 1968 to 1983 and was kept in detention prison for more than six and a half years for politicl reasons. Committees Involved Committee on Public Accounts Legislative Standing Committee "A" Consultative Committee on Lands and Land Development Consultative Committee on Finance & Planning Consultative Committee on Higher Education Consultative Committee on Public Relations and Public Affairs Consultative Committee on Environment and Renewable Energy