Until now, AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu, Girish Chodankar, who hails from Goa, was negotiating with the DMK

The abolition of hand-rickshaws, along with other major social reforms initiated in Tamil Nadu by a government inspired by the ideals of the Dravidian Movement, helped make the State a leader in social justice reforms in India.

Sasikala, who had all along been claiming to be the general secretary of the AIADMK, announced last week in Kamuthi of the Ramanathapuram district her decision to launch a party and unveiled the party flag

Under Article 170 of the Constitution and Section 8(b) of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962, the number of seats in a State Assembly must be an integral multiple of the number of Lok Sabha seats allotted to that State