Video: http://mawbima.blogspot.com/2008/04/video-ltte-kills-sri-lankas-tamil.html Tamil Tigers (LTTE) killed another Tamil politician in a suicide bomb blast. Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle was killed following the blast in Welliweriya, Gampaha this morning. The blast occurred when he was about to flag off a marathon run as part of a Sinhala-Tamil New Year celebration event.
A lawyer by profession, Minister Jeyaraj was a fluent speaker in Sinhalese, Tamil and English languages. Being a faithful Catholic, the Minister expressed his concerns over LTTE's occupation of scared Madhu church and the removal of the Madhu statue recently.
The Chief Government Whip and Minister of Highways and Road Development Jeyaraj Fernandopulle passed away this morning following a bomb blast in Weliweriya. An attorney at law Jeyaraj Fernandopulle began his political career in 1970 as a SLFP polling agent. Fourteen years later in 1984 he was appointed as the SLFP chief organizer of the Katana electorate. He successfully contested the 1989 parliamentary election from the seat and ever since then elected to the parliament five consecutive times in the years 1989, 1994, 2000, 2001 and 2004. By the time of his death he was the Chief Government whip and a Cabinet Minister. He had also been appointed the UPFA organizer for the Trincomalee district for the forthcoming provincial council elections in the East.
A lawyer by profession, Minister Jeyaraj was a fluent speaker in Sinhalese, Tamil and English languages. Being a faithful Catholic, the Minister expressed his concerns over LTTE's occupation of scared Madhu church and the removal of the Madhu statue recently.
The Chief Government Whip and Minister of Highways and Road Development Jeyaraj Fernandopulle passed away this morning following a bomb blast in Weliweriya. An attorney at law Jeyaraj Fernandopulle began his political career in 1970 as a SLFP polling agent. Fourteen years later in 1984 he was appointed as the SLFP chief organizer of the Katana electorate. He successfully contested the 1989 parliamentary election from the seat and ever since then elected to the parliament five consecutive times in the years 1989, 1994, 2000, 2001 and 2004. By the time of his death he was the Chief Government whip and a Cabinet Minister. He had also been appointed the UPFA organizer for the Trincomalee district for the forthcoming provincial council elections in the East.
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