ACTC submits own list of candidates to contest Jaffna electorateACTC submits own list of candidates to contest Jaffna electorate
All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) party which had quit Tamil National Alliance (TNA) submitted Friday its nomination list at Jaffna Secretariat with Sinnathurai Varatharajan, a teacher of economics, as its chief candidate, sources in Jaffna said. Many prominent people in the peninsula as well as the Jaffna University community are said to be supporting ACTC in the forthcoming parliamentary election in Jaffna district electorate.
ACTC nomination list consists of the following names:
Sinnathurai Varatharajan, economics teacher – chief candidate.
Vijayaratnam John Manoharan Kennedy – former lecturer of Eastern University.
Kanthasamy Thirulogamoorthy – Doctor.
Santham Theepan – fisherman.
Nadesu Thurairajah – registrar of marriages.
Nagalingam Kulanthaivelu – teacher.
Visvalingam Manivanan – student.
Francis Vincent de Paul – trader.
Sellathurai Subramaniam – retired teacher.
Ms. Pathmini Sithamparanathan - former MP
Selvarajah Gajenthiran -former MP
Gajendrakumar Kangkesar Ponnambalam - Lawyer, Gen. Secretary ACTC.
Meanwhile, Nallathamby Srikantha and Kanakalingam Sivajilingam who were thrown out of TNA have submitted a list of candidate under Leftist Front with Nallathamby Srikantha as its chief candidate.
The nomination lists tendered at Jaffna Secretariat are being scrutinized by the Assistant Election Officer for selection Friday after 12 noon.
ACTC nomination list consists of the following names:
Sinnathurai Varatharajan, economics teacher – chief candidate.
Vijayaratnam John Manoharan Kennedy – former lecturer of Eastern University.
Kanthasamy Thirulogamoorthy – Doctor.
Santham Theepan – fisherman.
Nadesu Thurairajah – registrar of marriages.
Nagalingam Kulanthaivelu – teacher.
Visvalingam Manivanan – student.
Francis Vincent de Paul – trader.
Sellathurai Subramaniam – retired teacher.
Ms. Pathmini Sithamparanathan - former MP
Selvarajah Gajenthiran -former MP
Gajendrakumar Kangkesar Ponnambalam - Lawyer, Gen. Secretary ACTC.
Meanwhile, Nallathamby Srikantha and Kanakalingam Sivajilingam who were thrown out of TNA have submitted a list of candidate under Leftist Front with Nallathamby Srikantha as its chief candidate.
The nomination lists tendered at Jaffna Secretariat are being scrutinized by the Assistant Election Officer for selection Friday after 12 noon.