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|name = Palani Digambaran |
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|native_name = பழனி திகாம்பரம் |
|native_name = பழனி திகாம்பரம் <br /> පලනි දිගම්බරන් |
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|honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Member of Provincial Council|MPC]] |
|honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Member of Provincial Council|MPC]] |
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|caption = Digambaran in May 2017 |
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|office1 = Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development |
|office1 = Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development |
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|president1 = [[Maithripala Sirisena]] |
|president1 = [[Maithripala Sirisena]] |
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|primeminister1 = [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]] |
|primeminister1 = [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]] |
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|term_start1 = 4 September 2015 |
|term_start1 = 4 September 2015 |
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|term_end1 = 18 November 2019 |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Digambaran runs a textile business and is leader of the [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] (NUW).<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces in Parliament|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100418/News/page8.pdf|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Jeyaraj|first1=D. B. S.| |
Digambaran runs a textile business and is leader of the [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] (NUW).<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces in Parliament|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100418/News/page8.pdf|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Jeyaraj|first1=D. B. S.|author-link1=|title=Decline of Tamil representation outside the North and East|url=http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1446|publisher=dbsjeyaraj.com|date=23 April 2010}}</ref> |
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Digambaran contested the [[Sri Lankan provincial council election |
Digambaran contested the [[2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election|2004 provincial council election]] as one of the [[Up-Country People's Front]]'s candidates in [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] and was elected to the [[Central Provincial Council]].<ref name=pc04>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107101529/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-07|title=Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|2009 provincial council election]], this times as a [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|United National Front]] (UNF) candidate.<ref name=pc09>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Central/district/neliyapref.pdf|title=Preferences Nuwara Eliya|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=2014-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210040252/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Central/district/neliyapref.pdf#|archive-date=2009-12-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Digambaran contested the [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election |
Digambaran contested the [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 parliamentary election]] as one of the UNF candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]].<ref name=pe10>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Nuwara%20Eliya_pref_GE2010.pdf|title=Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=2014-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513034353/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Nuwara%20Eliya_pref_GE2010.pdf#|archive-date=2010-05-13|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=General Elections 2010 - Preferential Votes|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100411/News/page1.pdf|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 April 2010}}</ref> The NUW left the UNF alliance on 22 April 2010 after a dispute over [[National List Member of Parliament|National List]] seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/front-page-news/8813.html|title=Workers Union leaves UNF|last=Perera|first=Yohan|date=23 April 2010|publisher=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|access-date=23 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426144347/http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/front-page-news/8813.html|archive-date=26 April 2010}}</ref> Digambaran continued to be part of the opposition as an [[Independent politician|independent]] MP.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/2010/04/23/news19.html|title=NUW to back govt.|last=Indrajith |first=Saman|date=23 April 2010|publisher=Island, Sri Lanka|access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref> In August 2013 Digambaran and two others were charged with attempting to acquire 12 [[Perch (unit)|perches]] of land and a vehicle by force from their lawful owner but the case was dropped after the defendants offered to compensate the victim for the vehicle.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weerasooriya|first1=Ananda|title=Bail approved for Digambaram|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-39699-news-detail-bail-approved-for-digambaram.html|work=[[Ceylon Today]]|date=9 August 2013}}</ref> |
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Digambaran was appointed Deputy Minister of National Languages and Social Integration on 21 August 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Somawardana|first1=Melissa|title=Prabha Ganesan and Digambaran sworn in as Deputy Ministers|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/08/praba-ganesan-p-digambaran-sworn-deputy-ministers/50251|work=[[News First]]|date=21 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Two more Deputy Ministers take oaths before President in Si Lanka|url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_14B/Aug21_1408629270CH.php|work=Colombo Page|date=21 August 2014}}</ref> He resigned from the UPFA government on 10 December 2014 to support common opposition candidate [[Maithripala Sirisena]] at the [[Sri Lankan presidential election |
Digambaran was appointed Deputy Minister of National Languages and Social Integration on 21 August 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Somawardana|first1=Melissa|title=Prabha Ganesan and Digambaran sworn in as Deputy Ministers|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/08/praba-ganesan-p-digambaran-sworn-deputy-ministers/50251|work=[[News First]]|date=21 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Two more Deputy Ministers take oaths before President in Si Lanka|url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_14B/Aug21_1408629270CH.php|work=Colombo Page|date=21 August 2014|access-date=14 December 2014|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213220627/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_14B/Aug21_1408629270CH.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> He resigned from the UPFA government on 10 December 2014 to support common opposition candidate [[Maithripala Sirisena]] at the [[2015 Sri Lankan presidential election|presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferdinando|first1=Shamindra|title=Two deputy ministers quit; CWC suffers split|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=115736|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Srinivasan|first1=Meera|title=2 more MPs leave Rajapaksa government|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/2-more-mps-leave-rajapaksa-government/article6680195.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 December 2014}}</ref> After the election newly elected [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] Sirisena rewarded Digambaran by appointing him Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet takes oaths|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2015|access-date=2015-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html#|archive-date=2015-01-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Digambaran was one of the [[United National Front for Good Governance]]'s candidates in Nuwara Eliya District at the [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election |
Digambaran was one of the [[United National Front for Good Governance]]'s candidates in Nuwara Eliya District at the [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary election]]. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1928_03/1928_03%20E.pdf|date=19 August 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1928/03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223730/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1928_03/1928_03%20E.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/83949/ranil-tops-with-over-500-000-votes-in-colombo|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Preferential Votes|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/preferential-votes-2|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=19 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150820025307/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/preferential-votes-2|archive-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> He was sworn in as Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development on 4 September 2015.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf|date=14 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1932/07}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Cabinet|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html|work=[[Ceylon Today]]|date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907020713/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html|archive-date=7 September 2015}}</ref> |
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| [[Sri Lankan provincial council election |
| [[2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election|2004 provincial]]<ref name=pc04/> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] || [[Up-Country People's Front]] || align=right|{{Nts|18387}} || '''Elected''' |
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| [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|2009 provincial]]<ref name=pc09/> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] || [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|United National Front]] || align=right|{{Nts|45229}} || '''Elected''' |
| [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|2009 provincial]]<ref name=pc09/> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] || [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|United National Front]] || align=right|{{Nts|45229}} || '''Elected''' |
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| [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 parliamentary]]<ref name=pe10/> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] || [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|United National Front]] || align=right|{{Nts|39490}} || '''Elected''' |
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| [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Jayakody|first=Pradeep|title=The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/85309/the-comparison-of-preferential-votes-in-2015-2010|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=28 August 2015}}</ref> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] || [[United National Front for Good Governance]] || align=right|{{Nts|105528}} || '''Elected''' |
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Revision as of 13:22, 25 August 2024
Palani Digambaran | |
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பழனி திகாம்பரம் පලනි දිගම්බරන් | |
 Digambaran in May 2017 | |
| Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development | |
| In office 4 September 2015 – 18 November 2019 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development | |
| In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015 | |
| Deputy Minister of National Languages and Social Integration | |
| In office 21 August 2014 – 10 December 2014 | |
| Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Member of the Central Provincial Council for Nuwara Eliya District | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| Succeeded by | G. M. M. Piyasiri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1967 |
| Political party | National Union of Workers |
S. Udeiappan Palani Alagan Digambaran (Template:Lang-ta; born 10 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician and government minister. He is the leader of the National Union of Workers (NUW), a member of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) and United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).
Early life
Digambaran was born on 10 January 1967.[1]
Career
Digambaran runs a textile business and is leader of the National Union of Workers (NUW).[2][3]
Digambaran contested the 2004 provincial council election as one of the Up-Country People's Front's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Central Provincial Council.[4] He was re-elected at the 2009 provincial council election, this times as a United National Front (UNF) candidate.[5]
Digambaran contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to Parliament.[6][7] The NUW left the UNF alliance on 22 April 2010 after a dispute over National List seats.[8] Digambaran continued to be part of the opposition as an independent MP.[9] In August 2013 Digambaran and two others were charged with attempting to acquire 12 perches of land and a vehicle by force from their lawful owner but the case was dropped after the defendants offered to compensate the victim for the vehicle.[10]
Digambaran was appointed Deputy Minister of National Languages and Social Integration on 21 August 2014.[11][12] He resigned from the UPFA government on 10 December 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the presidential election.[13][14] After the election newly elected President Sirisena rewarded Digambaran by appointing him Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development.[15][16]
Digambaran was one of the United National Front for Good Governance's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[17][18][19] He was sworn in as Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development on 4 September 2015.[20][21][22]
Electoral history
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result |
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| 2004 provincial[4] | Nuwara Eliya District | National Union of Workers | Up-Country People's Front | 18,387 | Elected |
| 2009 provincial[5] | Nuwara Eliya District | National Union of Workers | United National Front | 45,229 | Elected |
| 2010 parliamentary[6] | Nuwara Eliya District | National Union of Workers | United National Front | 39,490 | Elected |
| 2015 parliamentary[23] | Nuwara Eliya District | National Union of Workers | United National Front for Good Governance | 105,528 | Elected |
References
- ^ "Directory of Members: Palany Thigambaram". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "New faces in Parliament" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 April 2010.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (23 April 2010). "Decline of Tamil representation outside the North and East". dbsjeyaraj.com.
- ^ a b "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Preferences Nuwara Eliya" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "General Elections 2010 - Preferential Votes" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2010.
- ^ Perera, Yohan (23 April 2010). "Workers Union leaves UNF". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ Indrajith, Saman (23 April 2010). "NUW to back govt". Island, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ Weerasooriya, Ananda (9 August 2013). "Bail approved for Digambaram". Ceylon Today.
- ^ Somawardana, Melissa (21 August 2014). "Prabha Ganesan and Digambaran sworn in as Deputy Ministers". News First.
- ^ "Two more Deputy Ministers take oaths before President in Si Lanka". Colombo Page. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (11 December 2014). "Two deputy ministers quit; CWC suffers split". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Srinivasan, Meera (11 December 2014). "2 more MPs leave Rajapaksa government". The Hindu.
- ^ "New Cabinet ministers sworn in". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
- ^ "New Cabinet takes oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/07. 14 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Cabinet". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
- ^ "The new Cabinet". Ceylon Today. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
- ^ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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