G. Krishnapillai

Honourable
G. Krishnapillai
MPC
Member of Parliament
for Batticaloa District
In office
2001–2004
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District
Incumbent
Assumed office
2012
Personal details
Political partyTamil United Liberation Front
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai (alias Vellimalai) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, provincial councillor and former Member of Sri Lankan Parliament.

Krishnapillai contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament.[1] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[2] A few days after the election some TNA councillors including Krishnapillai were threatened and coerced into joining the United People's Freedom Alliance but none of them gave in to the threats.[3] Krishnapillai and the other newly elected TNA provincial councillors took their oaths on 28 September 2012 in front of TNA leader and Member of Parliament R. Sampanthan.[4]

  1. ^ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.
  3. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (14 September 2012). "Military Intelligence Operatives 'Pressure' TNA Eastern Councillors Into Supporting UPFA Administration". dbsjeyaraj.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 September 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2020.