Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai (alias Vellimalai) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, provincial councillor and former Member of Sri Lankan Parliament.
G. Krishnapillai | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Krishnapillai contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament.[1] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[2] A few days after the election some TNA councillors including Krishnapillai were threatened and coerced into joining the United People's Freedom Alliance but none of them gave in to the threats.[3] Krishnapillai and the other newly elected TNA provincial councillors took their oaths on 28 September 2012 in front of TNA leader and Member of Parliament R. Sampanthan.[4]