All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a regional political party that is currently ruling in Tamil Nadu.

M.G. Ramachandran, a veteran Tamil film star founded this party in 1972, breaking away from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). J. Jayalalitha, the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is heading AIADMK since 1989.

The Election symbol of the AIADMK is two leaves. The party had come to power in Tamil Nadu six times...
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Kejriwal asks Congress, JJP to tie up with AAP in Haryana Posted On : Mar 13,2019,    3:54 pm Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the Congress and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) to join hands with the AAP in Haryana to defeat the BJP in Lok Sabha elections in the state. View More.. Rebel MPs queer pitch for Punjab, Haryana parties Posted On : Mar 13,2019,    2:34 pm Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) Nearly one-third of the sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) in Punjab and Haryana have turned "rebels" in this general election against the parties with which they won the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. View More.. Dipender Hooda slams BJP for using forces for vote (Dangal 2019) Posted On : Mar 11,2019,    10:50 pm Bahadurgarh/Gurugram, March 11 (IANS) After the announcement of parliamentary election on Sunday, Dipendra Singh Hooda, Rohtak MP, on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for making nationalism a poll issue and using armed forces for its advantage. View More.. NDA may get slim majority, BJP 34 seats less: Survey Posted On : Mar 10,2019,    10:56 pm New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A poll survey on Sunday predicted that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) may get a thin majority with 285 seats, 13 more than the magic figure of 272, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may get 34 seats less than it got in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. View More.. Age no bar for electors in Haryana Posted On : Mar 10,2019,    3:38 pm Chandigarh, March 10 (IANS) Age is just a number and if you have to exercise your franchise even at the ripe age of 100 plus, learn a few things from the determined lot of electors in Haryana. View More.. Will win Haryana's all 10 LS seats on our own: BJP Posted On : Mar 09,2019,    6:04 pm Rohtak (Haryana), March 9 (IANS) Haryana's ruling BJP said on Saturday that it was capable of fighting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own and was focussing on winning all the 10 parliamentary seats in the state. View More.. SC pulls up Haryana for taking away protection to Aravali forest cover Posted On : Mar 01,2019,    5:48 pm New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday took a dim view of the Haryana Assembly amending the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA), 1900 taking away the protection to the forest cover in Aravali and exposing nearly 28,000 acres of land in Gurugram and Faridabad to private builders and land sharks. View More.. Haryana Assembly passes controversial land bill Posted On : Feb 27,2019,    8:20 pm Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) Despite the opposition parties alleging that the BJP government in Haryana was trying to favour private builders and land sharks, the Haryana Assembly on Wednesday passed the controversial Punjab Land Preservation (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2019. View More.. Delhi Prisons grants 21-day furlough to Om Prakash Chautala Posted On : Feb 08,2019,    11:30 pm New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Delhi Prisons grants 21 days' furlough to Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala, with condition not to participate in political activities withdrawn, a lawyer said on Friday. View More.. BJP wins Jind bypoll amid EVM row; Congress, INLD bite dust (Fifth Lead) Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    9:10 pm Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Firming up its grip on state politics just ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Haryana's ruling BJP won the Jind Assembly seat by-election in a multi-cornered contest on Thursday by 12,930 votes even as questions were raised about mismatch of serial numbers of electronic voting machines (EVMs). View More.. Jind victory could make BJP advance Assembly polls in Haryana Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    9:08 pm New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The victory in the Jind by-poll has come as a big boost for the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana and may give confidence to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to advance the Assembly elections in the state to be held along with the Lok Sabha polls. View More.. Only new alternative can defeat BJP in Haryana: Kejriwal Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    7:34 pm New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the by-election result from Jind shows that the Congress cannot defeat the BJP in Haryana but only a new political alternative can. View More.. BJP wins Jind Assembly seat; Congress, INLD bite dust (Fourth Lead) Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    4:10 pm Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Establishing it grip on state politics just ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Haryana's ruling BJP won the Jind Assembly seat in a multi-cornered contest on Thursday by 12,935 votes. View More.. BJP wins Jind Assembly seat (Third Lead) Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    3:22 pm Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Krishan Lal Middha of Haryana's ruling BJP won the Jind Assembly seat on Thursday by 12,935 votes. View More.. BJP leads in Jind by-election, Surjewala at 3rd spot Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    12:58 pm Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Haryana's ruling BJP surged ahead in the vote count in the Jind Assembly seat by-election by over 10,000 votes on Thursday after six rounds of counting. View More.. Digvijay Chautala manages early lead in Jind assembly bypoll Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    10:38 am Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) candidate Digvijay Singh Chautala is leading over other candidates after the first two rounds of counting on Thursday for the Jind assembly seat in Haryana. View More.. Counting begins for Haryana's Jind assembly seat Posted On : Jan 31,2019,    8:42 am Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Counting of votes began on Thursday for the Jind assembly seat in Haryana. View More.. Jind bypoll: Counting to be held on Thursday Posted On : Jan 30,2019,    10:24 pm Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Counting of votes for the Jind assembly seat by-election will take place on Thursday, election department officials said here on Wednesday. View More.. Nearly 75% polling in Haryana by-election (Third Lead) Posted On : Jan 28,2019,    6:48 pm Jind (Haryana), Jan 28 (IANS) Nearly 75 per cent of over 1.72 lakh electorate on Monday voted in Haryana Jind Assembly seat's multi-cornered by-election in a contest equally vital for the BJP, INLD, Congress and the newly formed JJP. It was largely peaceful. View More.. Over 50% polling in Haryana by-election Posted On : Jan 28,2019,    3:10 pm Jind (Haryana), Jan 28 (IANS) Haryana's Jind Assembly seat's multi-cornered by-election registered an over 50 per cent voter turnout by 2 p.m. on Monday, officials said. View More..

About All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a regional political party that is currently ruling in Tamil Nadu. M.G. Ramachandran, a veteran Tamil film star founded this party in 1972, breaking away from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). J. Jayalalitha, the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is heading AIADMK since 1989.

The Election symbol of the AIADMK is two leaves. The party had come to power in Tamil Nadu six times.

Main leaders of the AIADMK

The most prominent leader of AIADM is Jayalalithaa Jayaram, who is the President and General Secretary of the party. She has been Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for four terms. She held the membership of the Rajya Sabha during 1984 to1989.

Another powerful leader of AIADMK is Ponnusamy Venugopal, the Secretary of the Medical Wing of party and a member of the 15thLok Sabha from the Thiruvallur constituency. C. Rajendran, is a member of the 15thLok Sabha from the Chennai South. S. Semmalai, is MP from the Salem. P. Kumar,MP from Tiruchirapalli. C. Sivasami, MP from Tiruppur.

Historical Backgroud

AIADMK split from the DMK in 1972 and succeeded in politically establishing in Tamil Nadu. After MGR era that ended in 1987, Jayalalithaa established AIADMK's position in the state.
Jayalalitha has taken many decisions such as prohibition of lottery tickets, control the liquor and sand quarrying business to government agencies and proscription tobacco product sales near schools and colleges. She promoted women to join the state police force by establishing all women police stations and commissioning 150 women into the elite level police commandos in 2003. Jayalalithaa sent a special task force to the Satyamangalam forests in October 2004 to hunt down notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan. The operation was triumphant and Veerappan was killed in 2004.

Under the leadership of Jayalalithaa in state, AIADMK has expanded beyond Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and state units have been established in the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. AIADMK has followers in other states such as Mumbai and Delhi as well.

Views of AIADMK

The AIDMK is opposed to the anti-Hindi and anti-Brahman position of the DMK party. Top leader of AIADMK have always stated that they would counter racial exclusion and never prefer the anti-Brahminism stand of the DMK.

The AIDMK also disagreed with DMK on keeping the medium of education in Tamil language. AIDMK has pro poor approach and flags the issues of fishermen and farmers.

Major accomplishments of Party

The AIADMK has initiated various policies to assist farmers, SC/ST/OBCs, pregnant women, teachers, handloom weavers and physically challenged individuals. The AIADMK commenced the allotment of bio-pesticides, certified seeds, soil health cards, and gypsum to farmers. It initiated urban cooperative banks for self-help groups, maternity loans during pregnancy as well as the delivery of the child. It has introduced the Nutrition-integrated Child Development Service Scheme, the National Teachers Welfare Fund. On the whole there is an impeccable record of the AIDMK towards the social welfare of the people.