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Palinda Wickramasinghe
Danton Palinda Wickramasinghe (ඩැන්ටන් පාලින්ද වික්‍රමසිංහ; டென்டன் பாலிந்த விக்ரமசிங்க) Coordinating Secretary (Vanni District) to Youth Affairs & Sports Cabinet Minister Hon.Namal Rajapakse, is a young and promising Sri Lankan political activist. An ardent supporter of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, he contested for the Colombo Municipal Council at the 2018 Local Government Election.

Early life
Born in Colombo, Palinda Wickramasinghe is a past pupil of Royal College, Colombo 7. He was awarded school colors twice for Soccer and Rugby. Representing Royal College in both Soccer and Rugby gave him the first extensive experience of working as a team with people of different communities, races and ages. Also he was a member of the College Cadet Band, College house level Boxer and also a Senior College Prefect.

Social Work
A businessman by profession, Palinda Wickramasinghe has been active in social work and activities of the Royal College Union and became an elected member of the RCU union for the third consecutive year. He was at the forefront in a project named "I gave back to Royal College" (phase I-IV) by the Group of 2003 of Royal College, Colombo 07. This project saw the upgrading of several school labs (Inclusive of two chemistry labs) and construction of an IT lab during last four years, spending Rs.17.5 million. He is also the present Chairman of Weightlifting and Body Building advisory committee of Royal College and the Ex-President of the Group of 2003 - Royal College Union, Colombo 07.

Palinda Wickramasinghe established the "Palinda Foundation" in 2018 and initiated a scholarship program for low-income students in Colombo North. This was initiated principally because of his belief that education is the key to development in low-income areas in Colombo.

Electoral History and Political Activity
Palinda Wickramasinghe contested from the Lunupokuna Ward for the Colombo Municipal Council at the 2018 Local Government Elections. Given that Lunupokuna is a bastion of the United National Party, he ended up in second place behind the UNP candidate.

Palinda Wickramasinghe has been active in local politics as well as national politics. He is an outspoken critic of the UNP government in Sri Lanka. Also he is one of the District Coordinators for Sri Lanka Podujana Youth Front (SLPYF) in Colombo District.

Palinda Wickramasinghe was the first Sri Lankan to file a case under criminal negligence charges against the Ex-Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of Police and making them responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka on the 21st of April 2019.