C. Rajadurai

Chelliah Rajadurai (செல்லையா இராசதுரை; born 27 July 1927) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former government minister, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Batticaloa.

Rajadurai was born on 27 July 1927. Rajadurai was a journalist and a member of the editorial staff of the Sutantiran weekly newspaper.

Rajadurai stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate for Batticaloa at the 1956 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. He was re-elected at the March 1960, July 1960, 1965 and 1970 parliamentary elections. He was the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate in Batticaloa at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected. In March 1979 he defected to the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being appointed Minister of Regional Development and Hindu Cultural Affairs. He was later appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Rajadurai became the first Mayor of Batticaloa in 1967. He was unseated the next year.

Rajadurai was still politically active in April 2012. As of June 2021, Rajadurai is retired and lives between Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka.