Samantha Vidyaratna
K. V. Samantha Vidyaratna is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.Biography
In 2004, is appointed deputy minister by President Chandrika Kumaratunga. When the anti-Islamist protest Rebellion 2012 was launched, Vidyaratna accused the government of supporting groups such as the Bodhu Bala Sena that promoted this event.
Despite his MP position, he lived for 6 years in a house without electricity. In April 2015, he publicly criticized the Uma Oya Hydropower Complex and the heavy ecologic catastrophy it resulted in for the Uma Oya region.
