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	==Political career==		==Political career==
	~~Ramamurthy came to politics through the [[Dravidar Kazhagam]] (DK) founded by the late [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]].~~ He was an ardent follower of the late [[K Kamaraj]] and [[E. V. K. Sampath]]. He belonged to the [[Vanniyar]] community.<ref>{{cite book\|author= P. Radhakrishnan\| title=India, the Perfidies of Power: A Social Critique\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTmVbBoYb0YC&pg=PA15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India, Volume 1\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbR_LLkqdI8C&pg=PA382}}</ref>		He was an ardent follower of the late [[K Kamaraj]] and [[E. V. K. Sampath]]. He belonged to the [[Vanniyar]] community.<ref>{{cite book\|author= P. Radhakrishnan\| title=India, the Perfidies of Power: A Social Critique\| year=2002\| isbn=9788179360033\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTmVbBoYb0YC&pg=PA15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India, Volume 1\|isbn = 9788183794688\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbR_LLkqdI8C&pg=PA382\|last1 = Muthiah\|first1 = S.\|year = 2008}}</ref>

	He served as the [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee]] president. From 1969 to 1971, he was the president of Youth Congress, Distt. [[Salem, Tamil Nadu]]. In 1989 he was appointed as the President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira), Tamil Nadu by [[Rajiv Gandhi]].		He served as the [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee]] president. From 1969 to 1971, he was the president of Youth Congress, Distt. [[Salem, Tamil Nadu]]. In 1989 he was appointed as the President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira), Tamil Nadu by [[Rajiv Gandhi]].
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	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.		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.

	== Electoral records ==		==Electoral records==
	He was [[Parliament of India\|Member of Parliament]] elected from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dharmapuri constituency]] in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977\|1977]] election and from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Krishnagiri constituency]] in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984\|1984]], [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989\|1989]] and [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991\|1991]] elections.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha]</ref> He was elected from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Krishnagiri constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]] candidate in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980\|1980]] election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha]</ref> He was elected from [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Salem constituency]] as an Independent candidate in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998\|1998]] election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha]</ref>		He was [[Parliament of India\|Member of Parliament]] elected from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dharmapuri constituency]] in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977\|1977]] election and from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Krishnagiri constituency]] in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984\|1984]], [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989\|1989]] and [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991\|1991]] elections.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha]</ref> He was elected from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Krishnagiri constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]] candidate in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980\|1980]] election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha]</ref> He was elected from [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Salem constituency]] as an Independent candidate in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998\|1998]] election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha]</ref>

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	1980 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings; Member, Business Advisory Committee; Member, Committee on Privileges; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour		1980 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings; Member, Business Advisory Committee; Member, Committee on Privileges; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour

	~~1984~~-86 Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings; ~~Member, Committee on Public Accounts;Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour~~		1985-87 Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings;[[Committee_on_Public_Undertakings#Chairpersons_of_the_committee_till_date]]

	1990 Member, Committee of Privileges, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of ~~Labour~~ and Welfare <ref name="parliamentofindia.nic.in">[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12TN16.htm]</ref>		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 <ref name="parliamentofindia.nic.in">[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12TN16.htm]</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	Ramamurthy died in Chennai on 27 October 2002.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103005970400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105051245/http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103005970400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=5 November 2012\|title=Ramamurthy laid to rest at Vazhapadi \|date=30 October 2002\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>		Ramamurthy died in Chennai on 27 October 2002.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103005970400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105051245/http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103005970400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=5 November 2012\|title=Ramamurthy laid to rest at Vazhapadi \|date=30 October 2002\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

	= See also =		==See also==
	*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]		*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]
	*[[Politics of Tamil Nadu]]		*[[Politics of Tamil Nadu]]

	= References =		==References==
	{{Reflist\|2}}		{{Reflist\|2}}

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'''Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy''' or '''Vazhapadi K. Ramamoorthy''' (1940 – 22 October 2002) was an Indian trade unionist and politician.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Former Union minister Vazhapadi dead|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Former-Union-minister-Vazhapadi-dead/articleshow/26487766.cms |work=The Times of India |date=27 October 2002 |language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Ramamurthy came to politics through the [[Dravidar Kazhagam]] (DK) founded by the late [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]]. He was an ardent follower of the late [[K Kamaraj]] and [[E. V. K. Sampath]]. He belonged to the [[Vanniyar]] community.<ref>{{cite book|author= P. Radhakrishnan| title=India, the Perfidies of Power: A Social Critique|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTmVbBoYb0YC&pg=PA15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbR_LLkqdI8C&pg=PA382}}</ref>

He served as the [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee]] president. From 1969 to 1971, he was the president of Youth Congress, Distt. [[Salem, Tamil Nadu]]. In 1989 he was appointed as the President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira), Tamil Nadu by [[Rajiv Gandhi]].

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.<ref>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIBG/2010/11/16&ID=Ar01100</ref>

He was president of the TNCC for six years before being replaced in 1996 when he formed the [[Tamil Nadu]] unit of the Tiwari Congress. Ramamurthy went back to the Congress but left that party again to form [[Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress]] (TRC).<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IxtAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press}}</ref> He was part of [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] and become Union Minister of Petroleum. With the creation of the TRC, he subsequently announced that it would have an alliance with [[AIADMK]] in the upcoming [[Lok Sabha]] election.<ref name=a/> A few days later, [[J. Jayalalitha]] announced that TNMC was entering the AIADMK-led front, although she denied having engineered the split in the Congress Party.<ref>''Business Standard''. ''[https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/no-hitch-in-seat-sharing-talks-says-jayalalitha-197122501094_1.html No Hitch In Seat Sharing Talks, Says Jayalalitha]''</ref> In January 2002, after eight years, Ramamurthy merged TRC with Congress.<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160818043128/http://www.sify.com/itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13421329 TRC merges with Congress]''</ref>

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.

== Electoral records ==
He was [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]] elected from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri constituency]] in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977|1977]] election and from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri constituency]] in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1984|1984]], [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1989|1989]] and [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991|1991]] elections.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha]</ref> He was elected from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]] candidate in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1980|1980]] election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha]</ref> He was elected from [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem constituency]] as an Independent candidate in [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998|1998]] election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha]</ref>

==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

1984-86 Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings; Member, Committee on Public Accounts;Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour

1990 Member, Committee of Privileges, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and Welfare <ref name="parliamentofindia.nic.in">[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12TN16.htm]</ref>

==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. {{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
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Ramamurthy died in Chennai on 27 October 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103005970400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105051245/http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103005970400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=Ramamurthy laid to rest at Vazhapadi |date=30 October 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

= See also =
*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]
*[[Politics of Tamil Nadu]]

= References =
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* [http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19971222/politics.html Express India - TN Cong crippled as Ramamurthy allies with AIADMK-led front]

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