Kingsley Rasanayagam | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District | |
| In office 2 April 2004 – 18 May 2004 | |
| Succeeded by | Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1941 Kallaru, Batticaloa |
| Died | 19 October 2004 Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Tamil National Alliance |
| Profession | People's Bank employee |
Kingsley Rasanayagam (1941–2004) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament. In 2004 Rasanayagam was selected by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentary candidate.[1] He represented the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district for the TNA in the Sri Lankan Parliament, for a short period of time between April 2004 and May 2004. In May 2004, he was pressured to resign, by the LTTE because of his close relationship with former LTTE Eastern Province leader Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman. LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran feared that he would become a patron to the political party registered by Karuna Amman, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP).