S. S. Ramasubbu

S. S. Ramasubbu is an Indian politician presently serving Member of Parliament elected in 2009 ^[1] from Tirunelveli Constituency^[2] and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Alangulam constituency in 1989 and 1991 elections.^[3][4]

Ramasubbu is from a veteran Congress Family. His father Late S.Sudalaimuthu Nadar, a freedom fighter, was a leading Congress personality in Nellai District. His political career, spanning 32 years, started with his election as the District Student Congress Secretary in the year 1972. In 1979 he had joined a Bank job. After seven years of bank service, he resigned his Bank Job and became the full-time politician in the Indian National Congress party.

In the year 1989 Tamil Nadu Congress Committee took a decision to contest assembly election individually without the alliance of any Dravidian Party under the presidency of G.K.Mooppanar. In this election Ramasubbu was selected to contest at the Alangulam Constituency.

Ramasubbu had won the election by defeating the opposing candidates Aladi Aruna and Karuppasamy Pandian who are considered to be the big guns in Dravidian Parties from Nellai District. Recognizing his performance both in the state Assembly and among the public, Congress leaders selected him for second time to contest in Assembly Election in 1991. This time he was elected with a larger margin of 32,000 votes.

He was elected to lok shabha from Tirunelveli during 2009 General election. He was one of the active member in the 15th lokshabha. He asked more than 1000 questions and introduced two bills named as The Fishermen (Welfare) Bill, 2012 & The Special Educational Facilities (For Children of Parents Living Below Poverty Line) Bill, 2012 but yet to become law.

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External links

• Official website