R. Selvaraj

Who is R. Selvaraj?

R. Selvaraj is a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Neyyattinkara constituency, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He was a member of the Communist Party of India, the present opposition party in Kerala, but resigned from the Kerala Legislature and the party on 9 March 2012 and joined Indian National Congress party. His resignation was attributed to rampant factionalism in his party. After joining the Indian National Congress, he contested the by-election from Neyyattinkara on "Hand" symbol and romped home with a margin of 6,334 votes, pushing up the ruling UDF’s slender majority in the 140-member Kerala Assembly to 73.