P. Ramamurti (20 September 1908 – 15 December 1987) was an Indian politician and a politburo member of the Communist Party of India.
The decision was highly criticized and was viewed as the Indian National Congress' machinations to defeat a popular government led by Communists.
Ramamurti opposed this by way of a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to annul Rajagoplachari's nomination.
Ramamurti's daughter R. Vaigai writes about this during the end of a year-long celebration of his birth centenary in 2008 in The Hindu.
[4][5] On 20 September 2007 CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat unveiled a bronze statue of P. Ramamurti in Madurai, marking the beginning of the centenary anniversary celebrations of P.