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DMK (DMK)
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- Abbreviation DMK
- President M. K. Stalin
- Treasurer T. R. Baalu
- Founder C. N. Annadurai
- Founded 17 September 1949 (75 Years Ago) (1949-09-17)
- Country India
- Headquarters Anna Arivalayam,367-369, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai - 600018, Tamil Nadu, India
- Eci Status State Party
- Parliamentary Chairperson Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
- Ideology Dravidianism, Tamil Nationalism, Regionalism, Democratic Socialism, Progressivism, Secularism, Left-wing Populism
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DMK (DMK) BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 11 Feb 2025
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK): A Legacy of Dravidian Politics Founded on September 17, 1949, by C.N. Annadurai, the DMK emerged as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam. Its rise marked a significant shift in Tamil Nadu's political landscape. Initially advocating for a separate Dravidasta...
DMK NEWS
'Vijay is coming': Tamil star kicks off Assembly poll campaign, targets DMK and BJP over broken promises
September 14, 2025 11:03 am
During the campaign, the 50-year-old leader of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam started his speech framing both the ruling DMK and the BJP as parties that had 'cheated' the state.
Cracks in BJP-AIADMK alliance again as Delhi ‘hand’ seen in bids to rock EPS
September 14, 2025 12:12 pm
Within AIADMK calls grow to break away again, after BJP seen as courting rebel Sengottaiyan, and keeping groups such as those led by OPS, Dhinakaran on “standby”
Palaniswami should save his faction-ridden AIADMK, instead of criticising DMK: Udhayanidhi Stalin
September 06, 2025 12:48 pm
Though the AIADMK was disintegrating into many groups, Palaniswami went around claiming that the DMK would swallow its allies.
For Vijay the political leader of Tamil Nadu to emerge, Vijay the star must recede
August 26, 2025 6:17 pm
Vijay’s politics risk remaining an extension of his cinematic heroism rather than a vehicle for enduring political transformation
Vijay’s massive rally in Tamil Nadu: What he needs to learn from DMK
August 22, 2025 8:44 pm
Displacing the DMK on this terrain will be difficult. The new political aspirants need to find a niche for themselves
Decode Politics: Under ED scanner, why TN Minister Periyasamy is key to DMK game plan in 2026 polls
August 21, 2025 7:04 pm
DMK's Dindigul strongman and Thevar face gets relief as SC stays a HC ruling which revived a 2012 assets case against him and his family by quashing a trial court's discharge order
AIADMK's org secy and ex-MP Anwar Raja joins DMK
July 21, 2025 11:48 am
The strongman from Ramanathapuram has been critical of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami since the party revived poll ties with the BJP.
After TDP, DMK advice for EC on SIR: Allow people to submit Aadhaar, ration cards
July 18, 2025 3:12 am
Stalin-led party urges poll body to allow deletion of dead voters by EROs, seeks to revert to earlier process of counting postal ballots
Exclusive: Marans patch up — how Stalin, Veeramani and N Ram brokered peace
July 11, 2025 1:58 am
DMK chief and TN CM reached out to Veeramani, an elder statesman of Dravidian movement, and N Ram, a respected media figure and Maran relative, to convince the brothers to reach a deal
Inside the Maran family feud: Will the fight over Sun TV empire singe DMK?
June 22, 2025 6:42 am
DMK sources say M K Stalin tried to mediate between the brothers on at least two occasions in the past three months. But while Kalanithi and the Marans’ sister Anbukkarasi were open to a compromise, Dayanidhi “refused to listen”.
