Kumaresan Aramugam

Kumaresan a/l Aramugam is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Batu Uban since May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Education He is from Batu Gajah, Perak. He studied in SMK Sultan Yussuf and got his Bachelor of Management degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia.

When he was studying in USM, he was active in campus activities and was the Director of Publicity of USM Indian Cultural Association. He was interned at the office of Sim Tze Tzin, Member of Parliament for Bayan Baru.

Early career He was given the role of coordinator of the PKR Citizenship Program in Penang. Together with lawyer N. Surendran, he established a task force to help stateless people and children to get their citizenship and to get to school in Penang. He also served the Chairman of Malaysia Indian Youth Council and the Chairman of Hindu Youth Organisation in Bayan Baru.

Kumaresan was nominated to defend his seat in the 2023 Penang state election. He was elected for a second term after defeating Mok Kok On of PN and Lee Kim Noor of MUDA. He had a slightly reduced majority of 16,708.

In May 2025, he was vocal about his support for former MP Nurul Izzah Anwar to take over as PKR deputy president from incumbent Rafizi Ramli. The next year Kumaresan called for Rafizi to quit the party, saying that the defeated former leader had become arrogant and was undermining the party from within.

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