Education
Born to Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya.
Born to Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika was educated at Visakha Vidyalaya.
She accused UPFA politician Duminda Silva for the death. She top the list with the highest numbers of votes. In November 2014 she joined the oppression camp at the presidential election supporting Maithripala Sirisena.
In the 2015 General election she joins the United National Party list in Colombo to contest in protest of Mahinda Rajapaksa been granted nominations for the UPFA. She was elected from the United National Party to the parliament in that election.
Hirunika was later sacked from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for contesting from the UNP On 21 December 2015, Hirunika is known to have kidnapped aspiring model and cricketer Cheruka Weerakoon from a shop by her bodyguards and threatened to take pictures of him without his sunglasses. lieutenant is alleged that the Weerakoon was forcibly taken away in a black Defender jeep registered under Premachandra"s name.
The model who was subsequently released from his enforced detention however lodged a complaint with the Police giving a different narrative. The news rose out quickly in local media.
Hirunika announced a press conference and denied any knowledge of this incident, claiming that she was at a function at the Colombo Municipal Council where President Maithreepala Sirisena was also in attendance.
But, the kidnapped model confirmed her presence at the said incident and some CCTV footage also showed her activity with this man few days earlier. With this incidence, police jailed her bodyguards, but not her.
Hirunika started her political career soon after her fathers death claiming justice to her fathers killing. She joined her fathers party Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 2014 to contest for the Provincial Council for the Western Province.
She is a current Member Sri Lanka Parliament from the United National Party and a former member of the Western Provincial Council.