Background
Maheswaran was born on 23 November 1972. She is the daughter of Markandu from the village of Kalapoomy on the island of Karainagar in northern Sri Lanka.
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Vijayakala Maheswaran
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After the 2015 presidential election she was appointed Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs by newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena. She was elected and re-entered Parliament. She was sworn in as State Minister of Child Affairs on 9 September 2015.
Politics
Maheswaran contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front"s candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to Parliament. Maheswaran was one of the United National Front for Good Governance’s candidates in Jaffna District at the 2015 parliamentary election.
Membership
Maheswaran is the widow of Technology Maheswaran, a Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the Eelam People"s Democratic Party, a government backed paramilitary group, in January 2008.
