Pattali Makkal Katchi is a political party in Tamil Nadu,India,founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 for the Vanniyar caste in northern Tamil Nadu. It is a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). It contests the elections with the "Ripe Mango" symbol.
Rangasamy Velu,is an Indian politician of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) party. He has been elected to 14th Lok Sabha as Union Minister of State,Railways from Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency of Tamil Nadu from 2004 to 2009. He started his political career as Officer of Indian Administrative Service and worked as Additional Registrar,Cooperative Societies;also served as member,Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. He also worked as District Collector;Director of Municipal Administration and Joint Commissioner,Revenue Administration. He has a PhD in disaster management,he also has a bachelor of Law degree and master of business administration degree. He was educated in the Voorhees college Vellore,Madras Law College,Madras University and Madras Christian College and was a resident of Bishop Heber Hall. He has published his autobiography in Tamil named ‘en vazhkai payanam’. He is from Vanniyar community.
M. Ramadass was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Pondicherry constituency and is a member of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) political party led by S. Ramadoss. He lost to Narayanaswamy,in the 15th Lok Sabha election,in the renamed Puducherry constituency
S. Ramadoss is an Indian politician. He is the founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi,an Indian political party.
Tholkappiyan Thirumavalavan,better known as Thol. Thirumavalavan is a political leader,scholar and activist from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is a Member of Parliament from Chidambaram. Founder and President of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. He rose to prominence in the 1990s as a Dalit leader,and formally entered politics in 1999. His political platform centres on ending caste-based discrimination and consequently the caste system. He has also expressed support for Tamil nationalist movements in Sri Lanka.
Dalit Ezhilmalai was an Indian union minister. He was a leader of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK),and was Union Minister of State,Health and Family Welfare during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1998–99.
Anbumani Ramadoss is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu,India. He rose to prominence as a leader of the Vanniyar caste after 2010. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India and was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the First Manmohan Singh ministry from (2004–2009) as a part of the UPA government. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Dharmapuri,Tamil Nadu. He is also the president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi political party.
The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 24 June 1991. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) –Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister. This was her first term in office. The united strength of AIADMK,the alliance with the Congress,and the wave of public sympathy in the wake of Rajiv Gandhi assassination combined to produce a massive victory for the AIADMK. The DMK could only win 2 seats. This was the worst performance of the DMK since it entered electoral politics in the 1957.
S. S. Ramasami Padayatchiyar was a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was the founder of the Tamil political party Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party,which is considered to be a predecessor of Pattali Makkal Katchi.
Kaduvetti Guru,also known as J. Guru,was an Indian politician,who was twice elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Tamil Nadu. He was the president of a caste organisation,the Vanniyar Sangam.
By-elections to nine state assembly constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu,in four separate phases. Election for Thirumangalam was held on 9 January and for Bargur,Thondamuthur,Ilayankudi,Cumbum,and Srivaikuntam constituencies on 18 August. Also,election took place for Vandavasi and Tiruchendur constituency on 19 December 2009 and finally for Pennagaram constituency on 27 March 2010. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) defeated All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Thirumangalam in the first phase and kept the winning momentum in the following general election.
By-elections to Andipatti constituency was held in Tamil Nadu,India,on 21 February 2002. Three state assembly constituencies,Saidapet,Vaniyambadi,and Acharapakkam were held on 31 May 2002. In 2003,by-election in Sathankulam was held on 26 February 2003. During this by-election,the DMK and all the other major parties supported the Congress candidate,while only BJP supported the AIADMK candidate. This election came after the support of the Anti-conversion bill by AIADMK general secretary,Jayalalithaa and increasing tension between DMK and BJP due to the passage of the bill. The AIADMK win in Sathankulam was significant,since it completes the AIADMK sweep in by-elections after its victory in 2001. Also the anti-conversion bill was not an important factor in the congress-bastion Sathankulam,whose electorate consists of a large percentage of minorities.
T. Velmurugan Tamil Nadu (India) politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate from Panruti constituency in 2001,and 2006 elections. He is the founder of the party Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK).
The Fourteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members from 234 constituencies in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Results were released on 13 May 2011. Two major parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) faced the election as coalitions of multiple political parties:DMK front consisted of 8 parties and the AIADMK of 11 parties. Vijayakanth's Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK),which had contested the previous elections independently,allied with the AIADMK coalition. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam boycotted the election following a disagreement with Jayalalithaa over seat-sharing. The outgoing Karunanidhi government was noted for the construction of new assembly building in Chennai,execution of various developmental projects,and implementation of programmes including free health care for the poor and issuance of a range of freebies such as color television to all. However,these were heavily overshadowed by other major issues such as incessant power cuts in households and industries,excessive sand mining,increasing prices of essential items,2G spectrum case and undue influence of Karunanidhi's extended family in various aspects of Tamil politics and business and even media.
M. Kalai Arasu is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Anaicut constituency in Vellore District. He was elected as a candidate of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) party.
In the 2012 Dharmapuri violence,a Vanniyar caste mob set fire to about 268 Dalit houses in Natham,old and new Kondampatti and Annanagar Dalit colonies in Dharmapuri district,Tamil Nadu on 8 November 2012. The violence occurred after a Vanniyar girl from Sellankottai village,and a Dalit boy,from the neighbouring Dalit colony of Natham,fled due to parental opposition to get married,a caste panchayat held on the morning of 7 November by leaders from both communities ruled that the girl be returned to her family. Distraught at her decision to stay with her husband,her father allegedly committed suicide. The discovery of his body later that day is said to have provoked a 1,500-strong mob to rampage through Natham and two smaller Dalit settlements,Kondampatti and Anna Nagar,where it set ablaze over 200 houses,damaged at least 50 others,and allegedly looted valuables and cash worth lakhs of rupees. The mob rampaged for four hours and was brought under control after arrest of 90 men and an additional deployment of 1000 policemen.
The 2013 Marakkanam violence was an incident of violence in Tamil Nadu between Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and Dalit villagers in Marakkanam. The violence was instigated when drunk PMK cadres attacked Dalit villagers. The Dalit villagers blocked the road demanding their attackers be arrested which stopped the vehicle convoy taking PMK members to a youth festival organized by the Vanniyar Sangam at Mamallapuram. The PMK members attacked the Dalit colony and burned down nine huts of Dalits,they attacked homes of Muslims and offices of AIADMK MPs,they vandalized buses,felled trees among other things. In the ensuing violence,two PMK members were killed.
P. Govindan is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) candidate from Taramangalam constituency in the 1996 election. He did not gain the party's nomination for the 2001 state assembly elections,with his constituency being contested instead by P. N. Gunasekaran. He was expelled from the party in 2006 for allegedly working against its candidate in Taramangalam during the campaign for the elections of that year.
S. Senthilkumar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Dharmapuri,Tamil Nadu in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
The 2019 Ponparappi violence happened on April 18,2019,during the polling day for the 2019 Indian general election in the village of Ponparappi,Tamil Nadu. The violence reportedly started as scuffles and agitations between the supporters of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the members of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) together with the members of Hindu Munnani,which reportedly led to violence by the members of the PMK on a Dalit colony. 60 to115 Dalit houses were damaged and Dalits were assaulted.
