Hirunika Premachandra

Hirunika Eranjali Premachandra Yattowita (Sinhala: හිරුණිකා ප්‍රේමචන්ද්‍ර; born 14 October 1987)[2] better known as Hirunika Premachandra is a member of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.[3][4] She is a former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from the United National Party and a former member of the Western Provincial Council.[5] Born to Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya.[2]

Hon.

Hirunika Premachandra Yattowita

MP
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Colombo District
In office
1 September 2015 – 3 March 2020
Majority70,584 Preferential Votes
Member of the Western Province Provincial Council
In office
2014–2015
Personal details
Born (1987-10-14) 14 October 1987
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySamagi Jana Balawegaya (2020 - Present)
Other political
affiliations		United National Party (2015 - 2020)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (2014 - 2015)
Spouse(s)Hiran Yattowita (m. 2015)[1]
RelationsBharatha Lakshman Premachandra
Children2
Alma materVisakha Vidyalaya
OccupationLawyer
ProfessionPolitician

Political career

Premachandra started her political career soon after her father's death claiming justice to her father's killing. She accused UPFA politician Duminda Silva for the death. She joined her fathers' party Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 2014 to contest for the Provincial Council for the Western Province. She topped the list with the highest numbers of votes. In November 2014 she joined the oppression camp at the presidential election supporting Maithripala Sirisena. Soon after the Sirisena won the election Premachandra was appointed as a member of the central committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[6] In the 2015 General election, she joined the United National Party list in Colombo in protest against Mahinda Rajapaksa having been granted a nomination for the UPFA. She was elected from the United National Party to the parliament in that election. Premachandra was later sacked from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for contesting from the UNP.[7] On 18 October 2017 she was appointed as United National Party organiser for Ratmalana by Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.[8]

Marriage

In July 2015 Premachandra married model and movie star Hiran Yattowita,[9] they have two children.

Estranged case

On 21 December 2015, Premachandra was alleged to have kidnapped an aspiring model and cricketer Cheruka Weerakoon from a shop by her bodyguards and threatened to take pictures of him without his sunglasses. It is alleged that the Weerakoon was forcibly taken away in a black Defender jeep registered under Premachandra's name. The model, who was subsequently released from his enforced detention, lodged a complaint with the police giving a different narrative. The news rose out quickly in local media. Premachandra announced a press conference and denied any knowledge of this incident, claiming that she was at a function at the Colombo Municipal Council where President Maithreepala Sirisena was also in attendance. Weerakoon confirmed her presence at the said incident and some CCTV footage which showed her activity with him a few days earlier.[10] As a result of the incident police jailed her bodyguards but not her.[11][12][13]

Filmography
  • No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema.[14]
YearNo.FilmRole
2018 1314 Udumbara National head coach. First cinematic role

See also

References
  1. "හිරුණිකා ගේ අත ගත් හිරාන් ගේ කතාව". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Hirunika Premachandra". dailymirror.lk. 21 August 2013.
  3. "Hirunika says she did not parachute into politics". sundayobserver.lk. 16 February 2014.
  4. "Hirunika Colombo Central SLFP organiser". island.lk. 12 January 2014.
  5. "I will set Kolonnawa on the right path -- Hirunika". dailymirror.lk. 31 March 2014.
  6. "SLFP appoints new members to Central Committee: sources". adaderana.lk.
  7. "Hirunika, Nishantha among 6 sacked from UPFA". adaderana.lk.
  8. http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Hirunika-UNP-organizer-for-Ratmalana-138772.html
  9. "Hirunika Premachandra Wedding, Married to boyfriend Hiran Yattowita - Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra's Daughter". naluniliyo.com.
  10. "Hirunika Premachandra Supporter Kidnapping Man CCTV Video". gossip9lanka.co.uk.
  11. "The estranged case of Hirunika Premachandra". Daily News.
  12. "Kidnapping case of Hirunika Premachandra". Lanka HotNews.net.
  13. "Hirunika's Anti-heroism". Ceylon Today.
  14. "Sri Lankan Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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