Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகம் |
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| President | M. Karunanidhi |
| Secretary-General | K. Anbazhagan |
| Rajya Sabha leader | M.K. Kanimozhi |
| Founder | C.N. Annadurai |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Anna Arivalayam, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600018 |
| Newspaper | Murasoli & The Rising Sun |
| Student wing | Manavarani |
| Youth wing | Ilaignar ani |
| Women's wing | Magalirani |
| Labour wing | Labour Progressive Federation |
| Ideology |
Social Democracy Left-wing populism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Red |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance |
Indian National Congress(1984) National Democratic Alliance (1999–2004)United Progressive Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
0 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
4 / 245
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| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
| www.dmk.in | |
Indian National Congress(1984)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) (English: Dravidian Progress Federation) is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai in 1949 as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam (known as Justice Party until 1944) headed by Periyar. Since 1969, DMK has been headed by Karunanidhi, who has served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu several times. DMK holds the distinction of being the first party other than the Indian National Congress to win state-level elections with a clear majority on its own in any state in India.
DMK traces its roots to the South Indian Liberal Federation (Justice Party) formed in 1916, by P. Thyagaraya Chetty, Dr. P.T. Rajan, Dr. C. Natesa Mudaliar and a few others. The Justice Party, whose objectives included social equality and justice, came to power in the first General Elections to the Madras Presidency in 1920.E. V. Ramasami ("Periyar"), a popular Tamil reformist leader of the time, had joined Indian National Congress in 1919, to oppose what he considered the Brahminic leadership of the party. Periyar's experience at the Vaikom Satyagraha made him to start the Self-Respect Movement in 1926 which was rationalistic and "anti-Brahministic". He quit Congress and in 1935, he joined the Justice Party. In the 1937 elections, the Justice Party lost and the Indian National Congress under C. Rajagopalachari ("Rajaji") came to power in Madras Presidency. Rajaji's introduction of Hindi as a compulsory subject in schools led to the anti-Hindi agitations, led by Periyar and his associates.
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