W. R. Varadarajan
Indian politician (1945-2010)
W.R. Varadarajan (Tamil: உ. ரா. வரதராஜன்) (9 July 1945 – 11 February 2010) was an Indian politician and trade unionist. 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.
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