Chennai: The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) based by Tamil famous person, the late Vijayakant, has now been inherited by his spouse Premallatha Vijayakanth and son Vijaya Prabhakaran.
The DMDK is now an alliance accomplice of the AIADMK and is contesting on 5 seats in Tamil Nadu with the Virudhunagar seat turning into a prestigious combat the place the scion of the occasion, Vijaya Prabhakaran is contesting in opposition to the NDA candidate and movie star, Radhikaa Sarathkumar.
In Tamil Nadu, there are a number of Dravidian political events with household lineage and the DMDK has turn into one other one.
Vijaykanth floated the occasion on 14 September 2005 at Madurai and he continued to be the supreme chief of the occasion until December 14, 2023. He was the founder president and later grew to become the final secretary of the occasion. On December 14, 2023, Vijayakant appointed his spouse Premallatha Vijayakanth because the occasion basic secretary. Her brother L.V. Sudeesh is the secretary of the occasion and is a serious energy centre within the DMDK.
The DMDK was the principle opposition occasion of Tamil Nadu from 27 Might 2011 to 21 February 2016. It received 29 of the 40 seats it contested and was second after the AIADMK whereas the DMK went to the third place within the state legislative meeting.
Whereas the occasion claims Populism, Secularism, Dravidianism and Social Democracy as its ideology, dynasty politics has taken the sheen off the occasion.
Premallatha turning into the final secretary of the occasion and her son Vijaya Prabhakaran contesting from a excessive profile seat as an alliance accomplice of the AIADMK are clear examples that despite the fact that the occasion propagates its ideology, finally it has turn into household property with the mantle handed on to the spouse and later to the son.
R. Sakthivel, a political analyst and psephologist based mostly out of Tirunelveli, informed IANS that “All stated and executed, the DMDK is just a political occasion with dynastic management. Vijayakanth floated the occasion with the principle beliefs of Populism, Social Democracy, Dravidianism and Secularism as its plank however finally it has changed into a dynastic occasion as Vijayakanth’s spouse Premallatha has now taken over the mantle.”
He added that the DMDK is rather like one other Dravidian political occasion with particular dynastic strains and household management.
