About
He entered politics in 1994 as the Vice President of the UNP Youth League (Yowun Peramuna) of the Kesbewa Electorate, when the shadows of the party’s election defeat in that year were still haunting, by following in the foot steps of his father late Mr. Somasiri Padukka and his father’s elder brother late Mr. Siripala Padukka. He associated Mr. Sirinal De Mel from his school days and it was Mr. Sirinal de Mel’s invitation for him to take up to politics and the strong support and encouragement received by him from the people that finally made him make up his mind.
On leaving school he joined Air Lanka as a Cargo Assistant. Thereafter he was a Credit Officer at a commercial bank ,an investment adviser for a Stock Brokering Firm in the Stock Exchange ,whilst gaining in Marketing, Banking, Credit Management and a Master In Business Administration.
In politics he became the youngest Pradeshiya Sabha member who obtained the highest preferential votes in 1997 and became the Vice Chairman of the Kesbewa Pradeshiya Sabha in 2002.Thereafter he was elected as a member of Western Provincial Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2009, and he is the Present UNP Electoral Organizer for the Kesbewa Electorate. Taking up the challenges at present ,against all odds he is in the course of successfully rebuilding and revamping the party organization in the electorate at grass roots level .By and by more people have realized the futility of running behind a mirage and they are rallying behind the UNP which is the party far all seasons. In this backdrop he has started the Kesbewa Development plan with the assistants of the professional’s in the area.
