Name of Member: Shri Vazhappady Koothappadayachi Ramamurthy

Political Party: Independents

Constituency & State: Salem (Tamil Nadu)

Lok Sabha Experience: 6,7,8,9,10,12

Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha



RAMAMURTHY, SHRI VAZHAPPADY KOOTHAPPADAYACHI
[INDEPENDENT - SALEM (TAMIL NADU)]

Father's Name       	Shri Koothappadayachi                   

Date of Birth       	18 January 1940

Place of Birth      	Vazhappady, Distt. Salem (Tamil Nadu)             

Marital Status     	Married on 5 July 1970

Spouse's Name       	Smt. R. Kalaimani                       

Children            	Two sons and  one daughter

Educational Qualifications  

               	  B.Com.,B.L.
	
               	  Educated at Annamalai University, Chidambaram and University
                  of Madras, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Profession         

                  Lawyer, Trade Unionist, Social Worker and Writer

Permanent Address  

               	  Koothar House, 1/6, Sriram Nagar,       
               	  Alagapuram North , Salem-636016         
               	  (Tamil Nadu)                            
	
               	  Tel. (0427) 447677                                                    

Present Address  

		  1, Thyagraj Marg,
		  New Delhi-110011

		  Tels. (011) 3010846, 3010848
		  Fax   (011) 3010847
Positions Held  

1969-71		  President, Youth Congress, Distt. Salem, Tamil
                  Nadu

1977              Elected to 6th Lok Sabha

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              Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

	          Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

                  Member, Business Advisory Committee

                  Member, Committee on Privileges

                  Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour

1980-82           Member, Pradesh Executive Committee of Congress
                  (Indira), Tamil Nadu

1984              Re-elected to 8th  Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1984-86           Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings

                  Member, Committee on Public Accounts

                  Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
                  Labour

1989              President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira)
                  [P.C.C.(I)], Tamil Nadu

1989              Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1990              Member, Committee of Privileges
       
                  Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
                  Labour and Welfare

1991              Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term)

June 1991-        Union Minister of State, Labour
July 1991

1998              Founder President, Thamizhaga Rajiv Congress

1998              Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)

19 March 1998     Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum and Natural Gas
onwards

Books Published  

(i) Indira Gandhi and NAM, (ii) Co-author, Indo-Soviet
Phenomenon: contribution of Rajiv Gandhi

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments  

Managing Editor, Sangam- a Tamil fortnightly; Chairman,
Editorial Board, (i) News from Non-Aligned World; and
(ii) News and Features Agency (English and Hindi)

Social and Cultural Activities  

Upliftment of the poor, especially the rural poor and the 
downtrodden sections of the society and industrial workers

Special Interests  

Non-aligned Movement (NAM) and preaching atheism

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  

Reading, debates, discussions and travelling

Sports and Clubs  

Cricket, football and hockey; Member, Lions Club

Countries Visited  

Widely travelled; Member, (i) Indian National Trade Union
Congress (I.N.T.U.C.) Delegation to Edinburgh Conference,
Edinburgh, 1974; and ILO Conference, Geneva, 1980, 1981 and
1987; (ii) Indian Delegation, ILO Regional Conference,
Jakarta, Indonesia, 1982; Attended (i) NAM Conferences on
behalf of the International Institute of Non-aligned Studies
(formerly known as Indian Institute of Non-alinged Studies),
Jakarta, Indonesia, Karthakina (Columbia); and (ii) 50th
Year of UN Celebrations, New York, as special invitee

Other Information  

Associated with various Trade Unions and Workers' Organisa-
tions; Honorary President, I.N.T.U.C., Tamil Nadu; Founder 
President, International Institute for Non-alinged Studies
President, (i) Indian National Rural Labour Federation, 1983-
88; and (ii) Delhi Tamil Education Association, 1978-82 and
1988 onwards; Vice-President, (i) I.N.T.U.C., Tamil Nadu
since 1974; (ii) International Federation of Plantation,
Agriculture and Allied Workers Geneva, 1987 and 1988-94;
(iii) Agricultural Workers Trade Group of International
Federation of Union for Food and Agriculture (IUF); Member,
(i) Employees State Insurance Corporation and (ii) Newsprint
Advisory Corporation

Election Result of
Salem Lok Sabha Constituency  

Total electorate 	11,78,177
Total votes polled 	 6,79,778

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Vazhappady Koothappadayachi Ramamurthy	(Ind.)      3,65,557
(2) Shri R. Devadass 				[T.M.C.(M)] 2,29,677
(3) Shri K.V. Thangkabalu 			(I.N.C.)      48,027
(4) Shri P. Sampathkumar 			(Ind.)        10,311

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