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'''K. Velayudham Nayar''' was an Indian politician. He was born in [[Kerala]], but was politically active in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He belonged to the [[All India Forward Bloc]]. After the demise of the AIFB stalwart and [[Lok Sabha]] member [[U. Muthuramalingam Thevar]], Nayar contested the Lok Sabha bye-election for Thevar's seat from the Aruppukottai constituency in 1964. His candidature was supported by the [[Swatantra Party]], the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] and the [[Indian Union Muslim League]]. Nayar was, however, defeated by the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate [[R.K. Dorai]] (brother of the [[Raja]] of Ramnad).<ref>Nayar got 131 281 votes, against 138 358 for Dorai. Two independent candidates were also in the fray.</ref>

In 1968 Nayar (then a central committee member of the party), together with [[S. Andi Thevar]] broke away from AIFB and founded the [[Revolutionary Forward Bloc]]. Nayar accused the Forward Bloc of deviating from its [[socialism|socialist]] principles through its cooperation with the rightwing Swantantra Party.<ref>At the time, the AIFB members of the Tamil Nadu [[Vidhan Sabha|legislative assembly]] sat in the same legislative group as the Swatantra members. The leader of the Forward Bloc in Tamil Nadu, [[P.K. Mookiah Thevar]], was considered as very close to the regional Swatantra leader [[C. Rajagopalachari]]. Moreover, Thevar was leading the Swatantra group in the assembly.</ref> Nayar became the chairman of RFB. The RFB was, however, reunified with AIFB in 1979.

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==Sources==
* Bose, K.; ''Forward Bloc''. Madras: 1988, Tamil Nadu Academy of Political Science. p. 163, 189, 193
* [[Election Commission of India|ECI]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050828171516/http://www.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/index.htm Bye-Election Results 1952–95]

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