B. Gajatheepan

Balachandran Gajatheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.

B. Gajatheepan
Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District
Assumed office
11 October 2013
Personal details
Born (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations
Tamil National Alliance
Alma materJaffna Hindu College
Kopay Teacher Training College
ProfessionTeacher
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Gajatheepan was educated at Jaffna Hindu College and Kopay Teacher Training College.[1] He was a teacher at Analativu Sathasivam Maha Vidyalayam and Union College, Tellippalai.[1] He is leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's youth wing.[1]

Gajatheepan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[2][3] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on tourism.[4] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[5][6]

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