A member of the madras senate who was the Advocate-General of madras from 1916 to 1920, Srinivasa lyenger fought to erase communal-based injustices as President of the Madras Social Reforms Association. But he gave up all his titles including the Advocate-Generalship and withdrew from the Legislative Council in order to protest against the killing of his countrymen in Jallianwala Bagh.
A swarajist, he was made deputy leader of the opposition in the Central Legislative Assembly. He participated in the swarajist walkout of 1926 and organised protest against the Simon Commission in 1928. He expressed dissatisfaction with the Nehru Report on independence. The founder of the Independence of India League was in favour of a welfare state and a society founded on socialist ideals. His public career came to an end in 1930.