M. P. Veerendra Kumar was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and was the president of Kerala state unit of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper Mathrubhumi. He died on 28th May 2020 due to cardiac arrest at Kozhikode in Kerala.