Dilip Wedaarachchi

Dilip Wedaarachchi
දිලිප් වෙදආරච්චි
திலீப் வெடாராச்சி
Member of Parliament
for Hambantota District
Assumed office
2000
Personal details
Born (1957-02-05) 5 February 1957
Political partySamagi Jana Balawegaya (after 2020)
Other political
affiliations
United National Party (before 2020)
Residence(s)B41 Summit Flats, Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo 05

Dilip Wedaarachchi (born 5 February 1957) is a Sri Lankan politician and member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

In 2020, he famously ate a raw fish at a press conference to debunk rumours claiming COVID-19 could be transmitted by consumption of seafood.