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Palinda Wickramasinghe (Sinhalese: පාලින්ද වික්‍රමසිංහ; born 1984) is a Sri Lankan politician from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. An ardent supporter of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, he contested for the Colombo Municiple Council at the 2018 Local Government Elections.

Early life
Born in Colombo, Wickramasinghe is a past pupil of Royal College, Colombo 7. He is a two times schools colorsman, awarded Colors in football and rugby. Representing Royal College in both football and rugby gave him the first extensive experience of working as a team with people of different communities. Also he was a Scout, member of the college cadet band and a college house level Boxer.

Social Work
A businessman by profession, Wickramasinghe has been active in social work and activities of the Royal College Union and became and elected member of the RCU union for the third consecutive year. Palinda was at the forefront in a project named "I gave back to Royal College" (phase I-IV) by Royal College Group of 2003. This project saw the improvization of several school labs (Inclusive of two chemistry labs) and consruction of a IT lab diring the last four years spending Rs. 17.5 million.

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 LunupokunaWard in Colombo Municipal Council at the 2018 Local Government Elections. Given that Lunupokuna is a bastion of the United National Party, Wickramasinghe ended up in second place behind the UNP candidate.

Wickramasinghe has been active in local politics as well as national politics. He is an outspoken critic of the UNP government in the Colombo Municipal Council. He has also taken part in SLPP organization meetings in other districts.