Meenakshisundaram Kalyanasundaram (20 October 1909 – 20 June 1988) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate from Tiruchirappalli – II constituency in 1952, 1957 and 1962 elections.1951/52 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India1957 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India
Kalyanasundaram also served as a member of the Lok sabha for two periods 1971 to 1976(5th Lok Sabha) and 1977 to 1979(6th Lok Sabha) both from Tiruchirappalli parliamentary constituency.
On 6th November 1972, he submitted a Memorandum to President of India making allegations against M. Karunanidhi, then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and against his companion of Ministers of the D.M.K government which eventually led to the formation of a Inquiry Commission by a notification dated 3rd February 1976 to be headed by Ranjit Singh Sarkaria.
He also represented Tamil Nadu in upper house of India's Parliament the Rajya Sabha from 1980 to 1986. Kalyanasundaram married K. Logambal.
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