All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
AbbreviationAIADMK
General SecretaryEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Parliamentary ChairpersonM. Thambidurai
Rajya Sabha LeaderM. Thambidurai
TreasurerDindigul C. Sreenivasan
FounderM. G. Ramachandran
Founded17 October 1972; 52 years ago (1972-10-17)
Split fromDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
HeadquartersPuratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Maaligai,
226, V.P. Raman Salai, Royapettah, Chennai – 600014, Tamil Nadu, India.
NewspaperNamadhu Amma (Tamil)[1]
Student wingAIADMK Students' Wing
Youth wingM.G.R. Youth Wing
Women's wingAIADMK Women's Wing
Labour wingAnna Thozhirsanga Peravai
Peasant's wingAIADMK Agriculture Wing
IdeologyPopulism[2]
Socialism[3]
Welfarism[4]
Secularism[5]
Regionalism[6]
Social justice[7]
Tamil nationalism[8][9]
Political positionCentre[10] to centre-left[11]
Colours  Green
ECI StatusState party[12]
AllianceAIADMK-led Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
3 / 245
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
62 / 234
Seats in Puducherry Legislative Assembly
0 / 30
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31
Election symbol
Two Leaves
Party flag
Website
www.aiadmk.com
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The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (transl. All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation; abbr. AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) at Madurai on 17 October 1972 as a breakaway faction from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after M. Karunanidhi expelled him from the party for demanding an account as the party treasurer.[13] The party is adhering to the policies of socialism and secularism based on the principles of C. N. Annadurai (Anna) collectively coined as Annaism by M.G.R.[14][15] The party has won a seven-time majority in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the main opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

From 1 January 1988 to 5 December 2016, the AIADMK was led by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa (Amma) as general secretary of the party. She was admired as the Mother of the Party by her cadre[16] and was highly popular among the Tamil populace until her death in 2016.[17] From 21 August 2017 to 23 June 2022, the party was led under the dual leadership of the former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami as co-ordinator and joint co-ordinator respectively.[18][19][20]

From 11 July 2022, the AIADMK has been led by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Edappadiyaar) as general secretary of the party.[21][22][23]

The headquarters of the party is called Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Maaligai, which is located at V.P. Raman Salai, Royapettah, Chennai. The building was donated to the party in 1986 by M.G.R.'s wife and the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu V. N. Janaki Ramachandran.[24]

Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Maaligai
Headquarters of the party
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