J. P. Dayasiri Padma Kumara Jayasekara (born 12 June 1969) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
At Mayurapada Central College, Dayasiri excelled in number of sporting activities such as athletics and cricket.
This was a decisive step during a time when Sri Lanka was experiencing a period of severe instability, with riots and youth unrest all across the country.
Furthermore, he also completed a number of programmes in Government Financial Management in Australia and Conflict Resolution in Switzerland.
In 1998, he was appointed as the General Secretary of the SLFP Youth Wing where he initiated the ‘Sarasamu Lanka’ programme to attract more young individuals to join the party.
In 2001 he defected to the United National Party (UNP) and was a candidate in the general elections held the same year.
In 2005, he was appointed as the organiser for Paduvasnuwara and continued to work with the residents of his electorate to uplift their living standards.
[4][5] In 2012, it was widely speculated in the media that Jayasekara was on the edge of defecting from the UNP and join the UPFA government.
[11] On 24 July 2013, he resigned from the UNP and rejoined the SLFP-led United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) to contest in the provincial council elections.