W. R. Varadarajan
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W.R. Varadarajan (9 July 1945 -11 February 2010) was an India
n politician and trade union
ist. He was a Central Committee
member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
and All India Secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions
(CITU).
Varadarajan began his political career with M. P. Sivagnanam's Tamil Arasu Kazhagam
. He was a Chartered Accountant
and an employee of the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI). In 1963 he joined the CPI (M). He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Villivakkam Constituency
in 1989 election
. He obtained 99571 votes (46.77% of the votes in the constituency). He lost the seat in the 1991 election
to Congress
candidate E. Kalan. Varadarajan finished second, obtaining 71963 votes (33.79%).
lake on 13 February and had been kept in the Government Royapettah Hospital mortuary. It was later confirmed as Varadarajan by his wife and Finger print tests. He is survived by his wife Saraswathi, daughter and two sons.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n politician and trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
ist. He was a Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
and All India Secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions , CITU is a National level Trade Union in India politically attached to the Communist Party of India . The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assembly of workers and classes of India...
(CITU).
Varadarajan began his political career with M. P. Sivagnanam's Tamil Arasu Kazhagam
Tamil Arasu Kazhagam
Tamil Arasu Kazhagam was an Indian political party founded by M. P. Sivagnanam in Tamil Nadu. It was established as an association in 1946...
. He was a Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountants were the first accountants to form a professional body, initially established in Britain in 1854. The Edinburgh Society of Accountants , the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants were each granted a royal charter almost from...
and an employee of the Reserve Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of...
(RBI). In 1963 he joined the CPI (M). He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Villivakkam Constituency
Villivakkam (State Assembly Constituency)
Villivakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.- References :...
in 1989 election
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1989
The ninth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 21 January 1989. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the Chief Minister. It was his third term in office...
. He obtained 99571 votes (46.77% of the votes in the constituency). He lost the seat in the 1991 election
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1991
The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 24 June 1991. The Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Indian National Congress alliance won the elections in a landslide and ADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister. This was her first term in office...
to Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
candidate E. Kalan. Varadarajan finished second, obtaining 71963 votes (33.79%).
Death
On 14 February 2010, Varadarajan was reported missing by his wife. It was reported he had left behind two unsigned notes. In one suicide note written on 6 February, he had mentioned to problems in his personal life as the reason for choosing suicide. He had earlier been relieved of his membership of the CPI (M) central committee for undisclosed reasons. After a brief search, Tamil Nadu police announced on 21 February that Varadarajan's body had been found in the PorurPorur
India census, Porur had a population of 28,782. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Porur has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 76%. In Porur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. The...
lake on 13 February and had been kept in the Government Royapettah Hospital mortuary. It was later confirmed as Varadarajan by his wife and Finger print tests. He is survived by his wife Saraswathi, daughter and two sons.