N Sundaran Nadar was the former Minister for Transport, Rural Development and Agriculture and represented Parassala State assembly constituency in 6th, 7th and 11th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was born on 10 September 1931 to J. Nallathampy Nadar and Lekshmi in Chenkal Parassala. He married K. Baby Sarojam and they have two sons and one daughter. He died on 21 January 2007.

Political life

N Sundaran Nadar was a Grama Sevak during 1954. Later, after resigning from his job in 1960 he joined Communist party of India and continued till 1964. He then joined

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. From 1970, for more than 10 years he served as the chairman of block committee. In his long but turbulent political life in congress party, he was elected as the Executive Member of

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Kerala. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, s ...

during the period 1987–90. From 1993 to 1996 he served as the Chairperson of Kerala State Palmyrah Products Development and workers’ Welfare Corporation Limited (KELPAM). In 6th

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 30 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 ...

he won representing Indian National Congress (Indira). In the 7th Kerala Legislative Assembly, he represented

. In the third Karunakaran Ministry from 1982 to 1987 Sundaran Nadar was the Minister for Transport, Rural Development and Agriculture. Congress denied him a seat in 1996 Assembly Election, but in the 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly he again represented Parassala as a successful Independent candidate. In the 11th Kerala Legislative Assembly, he represented the Parassala constituency from Congress Party. From 2001 to 2006, he was the deputy speaker of

. From 5 September 2004 to 16 September 2004 he has also held the office of acting Speaker of

. He failed to repeat his chances in 2006 Kerala Assembly election. In his memory, a statue was erected at the traffic island of Neyyatinkara. This ran into controversy after a case was filed against its launch in Supreme Court. While considering this case on 18 January 2013 the

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banned the installation of statues and similar structures on roadsides. This statue was vandalised by the members of youth congress in 2020.{{Cite web, title=സുന്ദരൻനാടാരുടെ പ്രതിമയ്‌‌ക്കുനേരെ കോൺഗ്രസ്‌ അതിക്രമം, url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/n-sundaran-nadar/875620, access-date=2020-06-12, website=Deshabhimani, language=ml

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Kerala MLAs 1980–1982 Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala 1931 births 2007 deaths Deputy speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Kerala MLAs 1982–1987 Kerala MLAs 1996–2001 Kerala MLAs 2001–2006