Background
He was born in a village called Mabula, in Avisasalwella Electorate, Colombo District Sri Lanka.
He was born in a village called Mabula, in Avisasalwella Electorate, Colombo District Sri Lanka.
His primary education was at Roman Catholic School in Mabula and for secondary education he entered to Rajasinghe Central College He entered Lumbini College for his Advanced Level studies and entered to University of Sri Jayewardenepura after passing A/Ls in commerce stream
He was a very famous tutor in the city which he started as a hobby while he was still in the university. Through this gained so much popularity which led him to contest 1989 parliamentary election through Mahajana Eksath Peramuna. He obtained 25,000 + preferential votes and entered to the parliament.
He lost in 1994 parliament elections.