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The tension increased between Tamil and Muslim ethnic communities in
Kaanththaankudi area of eastern Batticaloa district after killing of 2 TMVP members on 22 May 2008. Chandrakanthan and Minister M.L.A.M. Hizbullah visited the area and resolved the matter by urging the people to live in peacefully.
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Chandrakanthan displaced Karuna as party leader. Karuna subsequently left the country for the United Kingdom, where he was later arrested for violating immigration procedures and sentenced to jail in January 2008.
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Pethalai, near Kalkuda in the Batticaloa District, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan was the second of seven children of Arumugam Sivaneshathurai and Sinnavan Kamala. He received his primary education at Vipulanantha Vidyalaya, Pethalai, after which he attended
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candidate in the UPFA as to who should be appointed Chief
Minister. On 16 May, after intense discussions, President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed Chandrakanthan as the first ever Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, and he took oaths as Chief Minister in front of the President soon after.
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Chandrakanthan handed over TMVP members to the Police, who were responsible for abduction of 2 Muslim youths in Eravur on 25 May 2008. Many Sri Lankan Tamils feel that Chandrakanthan's political career had come to an end, after he lost his Chief Ministership of the Eastern Province.
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Monks, the
Mahanayake Thera's of the Asgiriya and Malwatte chapters. The Theras commended Chandrakanthan for joining the democratic process and leaving arms behind, and urged him to work for national unity. Chandrakanthan also visited Sri Lanka's most sacred Buddhist site, the
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the TMVP still had armed cadres, he stated they were for their protection from the Tamil Tigers, who were yet to be disarmed, and who
Chandrakanthan said were "waiting for the opportune time to strike at us and physically liquidate us from the face of this earth."
416:. Chandrakanthan led the TMVP to wins in all nine bodies in contested in, some of which had not had elections for 14 years. At the elections, Chandrakanthan's father Arumugam Sivaneshathurai was elected as a member of the Koralepattu Pradeshiya Sabha.
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737:"Batticaloa Poll Results: TMVP wins 8 out of 9 local councils"
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TMVP to contest east polls under UPFA’s ‘betel’ symbol
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282:. Chandrakanthan, who obtained the most preferential
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Official Website of the Chief Minister's Secretariat
814:"People gave us a mandate to give up arms: Pillayan"
307:(Grade 11). While at school, he was noted as a good
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2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections
341:"Pillayan". It was then that he first worked under
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243:: சிவனேசதுரை சந்திரகாந்தன்; commonly known as
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1068:"Pillayan gets blessings from Mahanayakes"
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916:"Ex-Tamil Tigers set their eyes on polls"
794:. Government of Sri Lanka. 18 March 2008
105:16 May 2008 – 18 September 2012
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247:; born 18 August 1975), served as
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1054:"Pillayan blessed by Mahanayakes"
638:"Tamil Tigers turn on each other"
636:Ramesh, Randeep (10 April 2004).
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556:Pillayan sworn in Chief Minister
434:United People's Freedom Alliance
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850:. 14 March 2004. Archived from
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759:"TMVP boats roar in Batticaloa"
613:Fonseka, Mihiri (18 May 2008).
436:(UPFA), the party of President
390:Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
384:Embracing of democratic process
261:Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
259:. He is also the leader of the
215:Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
1186:The Island - 22 September 2009
1167:April 2008 Interview with the
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1192:The Island - 14 November 2008
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18:Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan
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1134:"Muslims abducted 'by TMVP'"
914:Buerk, Roland (9 May 2008).
844:"Eastern PC polls on May 10"
671:International Herald Tribune
343:Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan
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2129:Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
1116:"Curfew in Kaanththaankudi"
1098:"CM admits TMVP abductions"
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1401:Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
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1293:Leader of the Opposition
1267:Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
1056:. BBC News. 18 May 2008.
1009:. BBC News. 16 May 2008.
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1856:Amarakeerthi Athukorala
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1577:Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
1533:Muszhaaraff Muthunabeen
1508:Wimalaweera Dissanayake
1455:Marudapandy Rameshwaran
1184:Chandrakanthan in Tokyo
1158:Government of Sri Lanka
958:. BBC News. 11 May 2008
2254:Gayantha Karunathilaka
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1357:Gunathilaka Rajapaksha
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2012:Chinthaka Mayadunne
2002:Piyankara Jayaratne
1916:Dayasiri Jayasekara
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1802:Duminda Dissanayake
1362:Udayana Kirindigoda
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500:Temple of the Tooth
461:Batticaloa District
414:Batticaloa District
369:Sri Lankan military
288:Batticaloa District
195:Batticaloa District
145:Batticaloa District
59:Batticaloa District
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3095:Vajira Abeywardena
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2719:Ajith Mannapperuma
2679:Prasanna Ranaweera
2649:Prasanna Ranatunga
2551:Dinesh Gunawardena
2521:Sarath Weerasekara
2483:Gayashan Nawananda
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1961:J. C. Alawathuwala
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1416:Rohana Dissanayake
1411:Pramitha Tennakoon
1342:Anuradha Jayaratne
1287:Dinesh Gunawardena
978:"It's PILLAYAN..."
673:. 6 September 2006
473:Chief Ministership
133:M. N. Abdul Majeed
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717:. 26 January 2008
438:Mahinda Rajapakse
408:Eastern elections
317:volleyball player
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