Duminda Silva, also known as Arumadura Lawrence Romelo Duminda Silva and R. Dumindha Silva, is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n politician and Member of Parliament. He is the brother of Raynor Silva, managing director of Asia Broadcasting Corporation, which operates a number of radio stations in Sri Lanka.

Political career

In the July 2004 provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004

The 2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on 24 April 2004 and 10 July 2004 to elect members to seven provincial councils in Sri Lanka. No election was held in the eighth province, North Eastern, which had been governed directly by the national government since March 1990...

, Silva was elected to represent Colombo District in the Western Provincial Council. He defected from the United National Party

United National Party

The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

 to the United People's Freedom Alliance

United People's Freedom Alliance

The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...

 in November 2007. The UNP accused Silva of defecting to the UPFA in the hope that the criminal cases against him would not be pursed and the Asia Broadcasting Corporation's broadcasting licence would be restored.

Silva was re-elected in the April 2009 provincial council election

Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009

Sri Lanka has held several rounds of Provincial Council elections in 2008 and 2009 to elect members to eight of the country’s Provincial Councils. The decision to hold elections in different parts of the country on separate days was a break in the usual practice, which is to hold elections for the...

.

In the April 2010 parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

The 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on April 8 and April 20, 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations...

 Silva was elected to represent the Colombo District

Colombo Electoral District

Colombo electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Colombo in the Western province...

 in Parliament.

Shooting

During the 2011 local elections, Silva sustained injuries from a shooting and was hospitalized. As a result of the gunfire, former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra

Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra

Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was a Sri Lankan politician a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.- Political career :...

in Mulleriyawa and three others were killed. On November 15, 2011, a magistrate ordered Silva's arrest for the killing of Premachandra.