Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy
Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy or Vazhapadi K. Ramamoorthy (18 January 1940 – 27 October 2002) was an Indian trade unionist and politician.[1]
Political career
He was an ardent follower of the late
He served as the President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee From 1989 to 1995, he was the Youth Congress President of Salem, Tamil Nadu.
Ramamurthy was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha six times and was defeated twice, in 1996 and 1999. He was involved with the International Labour Organization and served as minister of state for Labour with independent charge in the Congress government led by P. V. Narasimha Rao for a brief period in 1991. He quit his ministerial post on the Cauvery issue.[4]
He was president of the TNCC for six years before being replaced in 1996 when he formed the
Ramamurthy was associated with various trade unions and workers' organizations, serving as honorary president of INTUC Tamil Nadu, Founder-President of the International Institute for Non-aligned Studies, Vice-President of INTUC, Tamil Nadu, and founding member and president of Indian National Rural Labour Federation INRLF, a labour union formed for unorganized rural employees.
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress was a regional political party in Tamil Nadu, India. TRC was formed when Vazhapadi Ramamurthy split from the Indian National Congress. TRC merged with Congress in 2002.[8][9][10]
Electoral records
He was
Parliament Committees
1977-79 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table; Member, Business Advisory Committee; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour; Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, (Indira) [C.P.P.(I)]
1980 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings; Member, Business Advisory Committee; Member, Committee on Privileges; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour
1985-87 Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings;Committee on Public Undertakings
1986-89 Member, Committee on Public Accounts; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labor
1990 Member, Committee of Privileges, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labor and Welfare[17]
Personal life
His wife, R Kalaimani, was a retired teacher, and they shared two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Vazhapadi Rama Suganthan, is an AICC member, INRLF National General Secretary and Chairman of Rajiv Gandhi Vazhapadi K Ramamurthy Charitable trust, while his younger son, Vazhapadi R Karnan, is President of INRLF Tamil Nadu state.
Ramamurthy died in Chennai on 27 October 2002.[18]
See also
- Indian National Congress breakaway parties
- Politics of Tamil Nadu
References
- ^ PTI (27 October 2002). "Former Union minister Vazhapadi dead". The Times of India.
- ISBN 9788179360033.
- ISBN 9788183794688.
- ^ "POWER INTERRUPTED - Raja Gone But Parliament Simmers". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
- ^ a b Asian Recorder. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1998.
- ^ Business Standard. No Hitch In Seat Sharing Talks, Says Jayalalitha
- ^ TRC merges with Congress
- ^ "Former Union minister Vazhapadi dead". 27 October 2002 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress (TRC) quit the National Democratic Alliance
- ^ "TRC chief returns Congress property".
- ^ Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha
- ^ Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha
- ^ Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha
- ^ Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha
- ^ Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha
- ^ Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha
- ^ "Biographical Sketch - RAMAMURTHY, SHRI VAZHAPPADY KOOTHAPPADAYACHI". Archived from the original on 10 October 2007.
- ^ "Ramamurthy laid to rest at Vazhapadi". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 October 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.