Hon.
Arundika Fernando
MP
අරුන්දික ප්‍රනාන්දු
அருந்திகா பெர்னாண்டோ
Member of Parliament
for Puttalam District
Assumed office
2010
Personal details
Born15 September 1971
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence(s)No.65, Walawwatta, Dankotuwa

Arundika Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is affiliated to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[1][2]

Fernando was sacked from his deputy minister position in 2017 by President Sirisena.[3] He has claimed to have served in the Sri Lankan Air Force as a pilot and later in the SriLankan Airlines. However the Sri Lankan Air Force denied that he had ever served in the SLAF in any role and the only record of his career as a pilot is a failed Flying Aptitude Test. The Airline Pilots' Guild of Sri Lanka also denied that he was ever a pilot in the SriLankan Airlines.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "ARUNDIKA FERNANDO". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Elections -2010" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. ^ President sacks tourism ministerthesundayleader.lk 12 September 2017 Archived 13 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Airforce denies MP Arundika Fernando's claim that he served in SLAF". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Airline Pilots' Guild too shoots down Arundika's pilot claim - Top Story | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 23 May 2022.


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