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While the then DMK government did not give the newborn party permission to hold a public meeting, two days later, the ADMKs first meeting was held in an area behind the Thiruparankundram hills in Madurai.Political analysts say there was a sea of humanity present to see the puratchi nadigar (revolutionary actor) who would soon be monikered as puratchi thalaivar (revolutionary leader).The event marked the beginning of a new era in Tamil Nadu politics..
According to political analysts, parties trying to carve a space for themselves in Tamil Nadu kick-start their campaigns in Madurai and its neighbouring districts, including Virudhunagar, Theni, Sivaganga, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Pudukottai and Ramanathapuram all of which comprise the states southern region...
Panneerselvam (OPS) was in 2001 elected MLA from Periyakulam in Theni district, and became Tamil Nadu chief minister in 2014 and then again in 2016 following the death of long-time AIADMK leader and six-time CM J. Jayalalithaa, who herself was elected to the state legislative assembly from Andipatti constituency, among others, in Theni...
Till the time Jayalalithaa was alive, the Thevar community had backed the AIADMK, but in 2021, the party could win only 16 of the approximately 60 seats it contested in southern Tamil Nadu, political analysts pointed out...
The DMK was able to break the AIADMKs votes in southern Tamil Nadu when Karunanidhis elder son son M.K. Alagiri, who was based out of Madurai, was made organisational secretary of the party in 2009...
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