Ramanathan's father Sathasivam Ramanathan is an associate of Basil Rajapaksa, brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
11 Facts About Angajan Ramanathan
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Sathasivam Angajan Ramanathan, who has extensive business interests in Sri Lanka and the UK, was refused entry to the UK in 1993 due to his involvement in providing false documents to migrants entering the UK and the European Union.
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Angajan Ramanathan contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance's candidates in Jaffna District but failed to get elected after coming 7th amongst the UPFA candidates.
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Angajan Ramanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.
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Angajan Ramanathan contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Jaffna District but the UPFA failed to win any seats in the district.
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Angajan Ramanathan was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture in June 2018.
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Angajan Ramanathan lost his position at the start of the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis in October 2018 but was reappointed a few days later in the new government.
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Angajan Ramanathan lost his position following the end of the crisis in December 2018.
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Angajan Ramanathan contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a SLFP candidate in Jaffna District and was re-elected.
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Ratnajeevan Hoole, one of the three members of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, has accused Ramanathan of committing various violations of electoral law during the election campaign including using the Jaffna Kachcheri for electoral purposes, passing off government donations for the COVID-19 pandemic as his own, blocking public roads to hold election rallies and using Capital FM radio station and Capital News cable station, both owned by his uncle S Vincendrarajan, for election propaganda.
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Angajan Ramanathan was elected Deputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka unopposed when the new parliament met on 20 August 2020.