M. Alalasundaram
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Honourable M. Alalasundaram MP |
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| மு. ஆலாலசுந்தரம் | |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Kopay |
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In office 1981–1984 |
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| Preceded by | S. Kathiravelupillai |
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| Died | 2 September 1985 Kalliyankadu, Nallur, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
| Other political affiliations |
Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Arumugam Murugesu Alalasundaram (Tamil: முருகேசு ஆலாலசுந்தரம்) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament.
Alalasundaram was from Nayanmarkaddu near Nallur in northern Ceylon. He studied in Madras and after graduation became a teacher.
Alalasundaram stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate in Kilinochchi at the 1970 parliamentary election but was defeated by the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) candidate V. Anandasangaree.
On 14 May 1972 the ITAK, ACTC, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF).
In March 1981 S. Kathiravelupillai, the TULF MP for Kopay, died and Alalasundaram was nominated by the TULF as his replacement. Alalasundaram entered Parliament after being sworn in on 23 July 1981. Alalasundaram and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs. After three months of absence, Alalasundaram forfeited his seat in Parliament on 5 January 1984.
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