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{{short description|Political party in India}}
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|founder = [[S. Ramadoss]]
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|chairman = [[G. K. Mani]] |eci = [[List of political parties in India#State|Unrecognised Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Withdrawal of recognition of status of state party in Puducherry of the Pattali Makkal Katchi |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14884-withdrawal-of-recognition-of-status-of-state-party-in-puducherry-of-the-pattali-makkal-katchi/ |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
|chairman = [[G. K. Mani]] |eci = [[List of political parties in India#State|Unrecognised Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Withdrawal of recognition of status of state party in Puducherry of the Pattali Makkal Katchi |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14884-withdrawal-of-recognition-of-status-of-state-party-in-puducherry-of-the-pattali-makkal-katchi/ |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] (1998-2004, 2014-2016, 2019-present)<br> [[AIADMK]]-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]] ([[AIADMK-led Alliance|SDPA]]) (2001)<br>[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]-[[Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]) (2004-2009, 2011-2014)<br>[[AIADMK]] ([[United National Progressive Alliance|UNPA]]) (2009-2011)
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] (1998-2004, 2014-2016, 2019-present)<br> [[AIADMK]]-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]] ([[AIADMK-led Alliance|SDPA]]) (2001)<br>[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]-[[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]) (2004-2009, 2011-2014)<br>[[AIADMK]] ([[United National Progressive Alliance|UNPA]]) (2009-2011)
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|ideology = [[Tamil nationalism]]<br>[[Right-wing populism]]
|ideology = [[Caste system in India| Casteism]]<br>[[Right-wing populism]]
|position = [[Right-wing]]
|position = [[Right-wing]]
|headquarters = [[Tindivanam]], [[Villupuram District]], [[Chennai]] - 604001, [[Tamil Nadu]]
|headquarters = [[Tindivanam]], [[Villupuram District]], [[Chennai]] - 604001, [[Tamil Nadu]]
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'''Pattali Makkal Katchi''' ({{translation|Working People's Party}}; {{small|abbreviated as}} '''PMK''') is a political party in [[Tamil Nadu]], India, founded by [[S. Ramadoss]] in 1989 for the [[Vanniyar]] caste in northern Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Radhakrishnan|first=P.|date=2002|title=Vanniyar Separatism: Nebulous Issues|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4412456|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=37|issue=32|pages=3315–3316|jstor=4412456|issn=0012-9976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thirunavukkarasu|first=R.|date=2001|title=Election 2001: Changing Equations|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=36|issue=27|pages=2486–2489|issn=0012-9976|jstor=4410818}}</ref> It is a part of the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Senthalir|first=S.|title=In Tamil Nadu, discontent within PMK does not augur well for prospects of BJP-AIADMK alliance|url=https://scroll.in/article/914995/in-tamil-nadu-discontent-within-pmk-does-not-augur-well-for-prospects-of-bjp-aiadmk-alliance|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Scroll.in|date=2 March 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> It contests the elections with the "Ripe Mango" symbol.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/pmk-allotted-mango-symbol-for-2016-polls/article8395020.ece|title=PMK allotted 'mango' symbol for 2016 polls|date=2016-03-25|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref>
'''Pattali Makkal Katchi''' ({{translation|Proletariat's Party}}; {{small|abbreviated as}} '''PMK''') is a Vanniyar caste party in [[Tamil Nadu]], India, founded by [[S. Ramadoss]] in 1989 for the [[Vanniyar]] caste in northern Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Radhakrishnan|first=P.|date=2002|title=Vanniyar Separatism: Nebulous Issues|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4412456|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=37|issue=32|pages=3315–3316|jstor=4412456|issn=0012-9976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thirunavukkarasu|first=R.|date=2001|title=Election 2001: Changing Equations|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=36|issue=27|pages=2486–2489|issn=0012-9976|jstor=4410818}}</ref> It is a part of the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Senthalir|first=S.|title=In Tamil Nadu, discontent within PMK does not augur well for prospects of BJP-AIADMK alliance|url=https://scroll.in/article/914995/in-tamil-nadu-discontent-within-pmk-does-not-augur-well-for-prospects-of-bjp-aiadmk-alliance|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Scroll.in|date=2 March 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> It contests the elections with the "Ripe Mango" symbol.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/pmk-allotted-mango-symbol-for-2016-polls/article8395020.ece|title=PMK allotted 'mango' symbol for 2016 polls|date=2016-03-25|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref>


The PMK is noted for its involvement in riots and vandalism. A former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, [[Jayalalitha]], likened the party to a [[terrorism|terrorist organisation]] and threatened to ban it for its frequent involvement in violence and vandalism of public property. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/jayalalithaa-threatens-to-ban-ramadoss-pmk-over-marakkanam-violence-162927-2013-05-13 | title=Jayalalithaa threatens to ban Ramadoss' PMK over Marakkanam violence | date=14 May 2013 }}</ref>
The PMK is noted for its involvement in riots and vandalism. A former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, [[Jayalalitha]], likened the party to a [[terrorism|terrorist organisation]] and threatened to ban it for its frequent involvement in violence and vandalism of public property.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/jayalalithaa-threatens-to-ban-ramadoss-pmk-over-marakkanam-violence-162927-2013-05-13 | title=Jayalalithaa threatens to ban Ramadoss' PMK over Marakkanam violence | date=14 May 2013 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Vanniyar Sangam===
===Vanniyar Sangam===
[[S. Ramadoss]] founded the {{vanchor|Vanniyar Sangam}} in the late 1970s, bringing together a coalition of Vanniyar caste organisations. The Vanniyar Sangam is PMK's parent organisation.<ref name="HT40yrold" /><ref>{{cite news |work=The Telegraph |title=Senior Ramadoss arrested |date=1 May 2013 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130501/jsp/nation/story_16846810.jsp |access-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141706/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130501/jsp/nation/story_16846810.jsp|archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> The Vanniyar Sangham organised the [[1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation]] demanding [[Other Backward Caste|Most Backward Caste]] (MBC) status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the protests, the state was paralysed for a week when thousands of trees were felled, highways blocked and damaged and more than 1,400 houses of the [[Dalit]] community were burned down.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collins|first=Michael A|date=2017-01-01|title=Recalling Democracy: Electoral Politics, Minority Representation, and Dalit Assertion in Modern India|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI10266289|journal=Dissertations Available from ProQuest|pages=137, 138}}</ref> The police shot 21 protestors.<ref name="HT40yrold">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=40-yr-old reservation demand conceded in TN: Is it working for PMK?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly-election/40yrold-reservation-demand-conceded-in-tn-is-it-working-for-pmk-101617616756127.html|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Later, in 1989, the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) government led by [[M. Karunanidhi]] granted MBC status to the Vanniyars, with the associated [[Reservation in India|reservation entitlements]] in education and employment.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-05-07|title=Vanniyar Sangam revives demand for exclusive quota|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vanniyar-sangam-revives-demand-for-exclusive-quota/article3391128.ece|access-date=2021-08-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
[[S. Ramadoss]] founded the {{vanchor|Vanniyar Sangam}} in 1980, bringing together a coalition of Vanniyar caste organisations. The Vanniyar Sangam is PMK's parent organisation.<ref name="HT40yrold" /><ref>{{cite news |work=The Telegraph |title=Senior Ramadoss arrested |date=1 May 2013 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130501/jsp/nation/story_16846810.jsp |access-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141706/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130501/jsp/nation/story_16846810.jsp|archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> The Vanniyar Sangham organised the [[1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation]] demanding [[Other Backward Caste|Most Backward Caste]] (MBC) status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the protests, the state was paralysed for a week when thousands of trees were felled, highways blocked and damaged and more than 1,400 houses of the [[Dalit]] community were burned down.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collins|first=Michael A|date=2017-01-01|title=Recalling Democracy: Electoral Politics, Minority Representation, and Dalit Assertion in Modern India|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI10266289|journal=Dissertations Available from ProQuest|pages=137, 138}}</ref> The police shot 21 protestors.<ref name="HT40yrold">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=40-yr-old reservation demand conceded in TN: Is it working for PMK?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly-election/40yrold-reservation-demand-conceded-in-tn-is-it-working-for-pmk-101617616756127.html|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Later, in 1989, the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) government led by [[M. Karunanidhi]] granted MBC status to the Vanniyars, with the associated [[Reservation in India|reservation entitlements]] in education and employment.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2012-05-07|title=Vanniyar Sangam revives demand for exclusive quota|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vanniyar-sangam-revives-demand-for-exclusive-quota/article3391128.ece|access-date=2021-08-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


===PMK (1989–present)===
===PMK (1989–present)===
Ramadoss founded the PMK on 16 July 1989,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Will PMK's investment in caste-politics yield results?|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/feb/26/will-pmks-investment-in-caste-politics-yield-results-1943843.html|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The New Indian Express|date=28 February 2019 }}</ref> emerging from the [[1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation|Vanniyar reservation protests of 1987]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Manikandan|first1=C.|last2=Wyatt|first2=Andrew|date=2019-01-02|title=Political parties and federally structured incentives in Indian politics: the case of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070|journal=Contemporary South Asia|volume=27|issue=1|pages=3|doi=10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070|s2cid=151268924|issn=0958-4935}}</ref>
Ramadoss founded the PMK on 16 July 1989,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Will PMK's investment in caste-politics yield results?|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/feb/26/will-pmks-investment-in-caste-politics-yield-results-1943843.html|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The New Indian Express|date=28 February 2019 }}</ref> emerging from the [[1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation|Vanniyar reservation protests of 1987]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Manikandan|first1=C.|last2=Wyatt|first2=Andrew|date=2019-01-02|title=Political parties and federally structured incentives in Indian politics: the case of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070|journal=Contemporary South Asia|volume=27|issue=1|pages=3|doi=10.1080/09584935.2019.1572070|s2cid=151268924|issn=0958-4935}}</ref>


Ahead of the 2004 elections, PMK joined the [[Democratic Progressive Alliance]], a broad Tamil political coalition which also included the DMK, [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), [[Communist Party of India]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and [[Indian Union Muslim League]]. The party was able to obtain a significant share of power both in the regional government in Tamil Nadu and the Central Government due to the number of seats it obtained which helped the [[United Progressive Alliance]] ([[First ministry of Manmohan Singh|UPA-I]] ) to form the Government.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
Ahead of the 2004 elections, PMK joined the [[Democratic Progressive Alliance]], a broad Tamil political coalition which also included the DMK, [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), [[Communist Party of India]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and [[Indian Union Muslim League]]. The party was able to obtain a significant share of power both in the regional government in Tamil Nadu and the Central Government due to the number of seats it obtained which helped the [[United Progressive Alliance]] ([[First ministry of Manmohan Singh|UPA-I]]) to form the Government.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}


Following the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha elections]], the PMK joined the United Progressive Alliance led by the INC. In June 2008, during the final months of the bitter relationship between the DMK and the PMK, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu severed its ties with the PMK, who were outside supporters of the [[Karunanidhi]] Government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article1279585.ece|title=DMK snaps ties with PMK|date=2008-06-18|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref> However, the DMK did not press for the party's removal from the UPA Government at the centre. On 26 March 2009, PMK declared that, it would join the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)]] led front and left the [[United Progressive Alliance|United Progressive Alliance (UPA)]].
Following the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha elections]], the PMK joined the United Progressive Alliance led by the INC. In June 2008, during the final months of the bitter relationship between the DMK and the PMK, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu severed its ties with the PMK, who were outside supporters of the [[Karunanidhi]] Government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article1279585.ece|title=DMK snaps ties with PMK|date=2008-06-18|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref> However, the DMK did not press for the party's removal from the UPA Government at the centre. On 26 March 2009, PMK declared that, it would join the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)]] led front and left the [[United Progressive Alliance|United Progressive Alliance (UPA)]].
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PMK contested in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha election]] in an alliance with [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]-led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] and its candidate [[Anbumani Ramadoss]] won the [[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency]], he was one of two non-AIADMK MPs from Tamil Nadu the other being from its ally BJP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/DMDK-to-sign-poll-deal-with-BJP/articleshow/31011763.cms|title=DMDK to sign poll deal with BJP - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=26 February 2014 |access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>
PMK contested in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha election]] in an alliance with [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]-led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] and its candidate [[Anbumani Ramadoss]] won the [[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency]], he was one of two non-AIADMK MPs from Tamil Nadu the other being from its ally BJP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/DMDK-to-sign-poll-deal-with-BJP/articleshow/31011763.cms|title=DMDK to sign poll deal with BJP - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=26 February 2014 |access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>


PMK continued its alliance with AIADMK and BJP in the [[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]] and contested 7 seats but the party failed to win any seats. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-05-07|title=Low vote share spoils PMK's celebratory mood over win in 5 seats|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/07022054/1292624/Low-vote-share-spoils-PMKs-celebratory-mood-over-win-.vpf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507173350/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/07022054/1292624/Low-vote-share-spoils-PMKs-celebratory-mood-over-win-.vpf|archive-date=7 May 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-22|website=dtNext.in|language=en}}</ref>
PMK continued its alliance with AIADMK and BJP in the [[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]] and contested 7 seats but the party failed to win any seats.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-05-07|title=Low vote share spoils PMK's celebratory mood over win in 5 seats|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/07022054/1292624/Low-vote-share-spoils-PMKs-celebratory-mood-over-win-.vpf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507173350/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/05/07022054/1292624/Low-vote-share-spoils-PMKs-celebratory-mood-over-win-.vpf|archive-date=7 May 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-22|website=dtNext.in|language=en}}</ref>


The [[Madras Institute of Development Studies|Madras Institute of Developmental Studies]] (MIDS) and an reported that the PMK and the Hindu Munnani was involved in the [[2019 Ponparappi violence]] where Dalit women were sexually abused and Dalit houses were attacked and damaged.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-10|title=Fact-finding team blames PMK for Ponparappi violence|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2019/05/10025102/1117620/Factfinding-team-blames-PMK-for-Ponparappi-violence.vpf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122111458/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2019/05/10025102/1117620/Factfinding-team-blames-PMK-for-Ponparappi-violence.vpf|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 November 2021|access-date=2021-09-22|website=dtNext.in|language=en}}</ref> An NGO Evidence also blamed PMK in the violence because the Dalit colony voted overwhelmingly for VCK.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rajasekaran|first=Ilangovan|title=Dalits in Tamil Nadu village attacked for voting in election|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/incoming/article26899140.ece|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Frontline|date=20 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Madras Institute of Development Studies|Madras Institute of Developmental Studies]] (MIDS) and an reported that the PMK and the Hindu Munnani was involved in the [[2019 Ponparappi violence]] where Dalit women were sexually abused and Dalit houses were attacked and damaged.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-10|title=Fact-finding team blames PMK for Ponparappi violence|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2019/05/10025102/1117620/Factfinding-team-blames-PMK-for-Ponparappi-violence.vpf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122111458/https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2019/05/10025102/1117620/Factfinding-team-blames-PMK-for-Ponparappi-violence.vpf|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 November 2021|access-date=2021-09-22|website=dtNext.in|language=en}}</ref> An NGO Evidence also blamed PMK in the violence because the Dalit colony voted overwhelmingly for VCK.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rajasekaran|first=Ilangovan|title=Dalits in Tamil Nadu village attacked for voting in election|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/incoming/article26899140.ece|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Frontline|date=20 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


In November 2020, Ramadoss called for a protest demanding 20% internal reservation for Vanniyars in the MBC category in education and jobs from December 1. During the pro-reservation protests, more than 500 PMK cadres [[Stone pelting in India|pelted stones]] on a moving train and blocked traffic when they were blocked from entering Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-01|title=Pro-reservation protest: PMK supporters create ruckus in Chennai after being stopped by police|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/pro-reservation-protest-pmk-supporters-create-ruckus-in-chennai-after-being-stopped-by-police/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-01|title=Video: PMK members pelt stones on train during protest for sub-quota for Vanniyars|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/video-pmk-members-pelt-stones-train-during-protest-sub-quota-vanniyars-138755|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> A bill to create the 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyars was passed on February 26, 2021, by the AIADMK government.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yamunan|first=Sruthisagar|title=Ground report: Will giving Vanniyar community 10.5% reservations help AIADMK win north Tamil Nadu?|url=https://scroll.in/article/989476/ground-report-will-giving-vanniyar-community-10-5-reservations-help-aiadmk-win-north-tamil-nadu|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Scroll.in|date=17 March 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> The move was taken ahead of the April 6 assembly elections to appease the PMK, which had threatened to quit the coalition if their demand was not satisfied.<ref name=":1" /> In July 2021, the DMK government issued an order to implement 10.5% quota Bill for Vanniyars.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-27|title=TN issues order to implement 10.5% quota Bill for Vanniyars|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tn-issues-order-to-implement-10-5-quota-bill-for-vanniyars-101627328500546.html|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
In November 2020, Ramadoss called for a protest demanding 20% internal reservation for Vanniyars in the MBC category in education and jobs from 1 December. During the pro-reservation protests, more than 500 PMK cadres [[Stone pelting in India|pelted stones]] on a moving train and blocked traffic when they were blocked from entering Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-01|title=Pro-reservation protest: PMK supporters create ruckus in Chennai after being stopped by police|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/pro-reservation-protest-pmk-supporters-create-ruckus-in-chennai-after-being-stopped-by-police/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-01|title=Video: PMK members pelt stones on train during protest for sub-quota for Vanniyars|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/video-pmk-members-pelt-stones-train-during-protest-sub-quota-vanniyars-138755|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> A bill to create the 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyars was passed on February 26, 2021, by the AIADMK government.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yamunan|first=Sruthisagar|title=Ground report: Will giving Vanniyar community 10.5% reservations help AIADMK win north Tamil Nadu?|url=https://scroll.in/article/989476/ground-report-will-giving-vanniyar-community-10-5-reservations-help-aiadmk-win-north-tamil-nadu|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Scroll.in|date=17 March 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> The move was taken ahead of the April 6 assembly elections to appease the PMK, which had threatened to quit the coalition if their demand was not satisfied.<ref name=":1" /> In July 2021, the DMK government issued an order to implement 10.5% quota Bill for Vanniyars.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-27|title=TN issues order to implement 10.5% quota Bill for Vanniyars|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tn-issues-order-to-implement-10-5-quota-bill-for-vanniyars-101627328500546.html|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>


PMK contested in 23 seats in the AIADMK alliance in the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] and won five seats by securing 4.04%.<ref name=":0" /> In the assembly, PMK voted in favour of anti-CAA and anti-farm-law resolutions, but AIADMK and BJP walked out over the matter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-15|title=Cracks in AIADMK alliance; PMK to contest alone in rural local body polls|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/cracks-in-aiadmk-alliance-pmk-to-contest-alone-in-rural-local-body-polls-1030501.html|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> PMK left the AIADMK-led alliance for the 2021 local body polls.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-15|title=PMK exits AIADMK-led alliance for local body polls, to contest alone|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pmk-exits-aiadmk-led-alliance-local-body-polls-contest-alone-155299|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
PMK contested in 23 seats in the AIADMK alliance in the [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] and won five seats by securing 4.04%.<ref name=":0" /> In the assembly, PMK voted in favour of anti-CAA and anti-farm-law resolutions, but AIADMK and BJP walked out over the matter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-15|title=Cracks in AIADMK alliance; PMK to contest alone in rural local body polls|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/cracks-in-aiadmk-alliance-pmk-to-contest-alone-in-rural-local-body-polls-1030501.html|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> PMK left the AIADMK-led alliance for the 2021 local body polls.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-15|title=PMK exits AIADMK-led alliance for local body polls, to contest alone|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pmk-exits-aiadmk-led-alliance-local-body-polls-contest-alone-155299|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
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== Former Ministers ==
== List of Union Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|No.
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:yellow"| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Portrait
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:yellow"|Portrait
! style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:yellow; width:17em"|Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Portfolio(s)
! colspan="3" style="background-color:yellow"|Term of office
! style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Term in office
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:yellow; width:8em"|Portfolio
! style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Prime Minister
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:yellow"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:yellow; width:9em"|Prime Minister
|-
|-
!style="background-color:yellow; width:7em"| From
! 1
!style="background-color:yellow; width:7em"| To
|
!style="background-color:yellow; width:6em"| Period
| '''[[Dalit Ezhilmalai]]'''<br/><small>(1945–2020)</small>
| [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
| 1998–1999
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
! 2
!1
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|
|[[File:No image available.svg|70px]]
| '''[[A. K. Moorthy]]'''<br/><small>(1964–)</small>
|'''[[Dalit Ezhilmalai]]'''<br>{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2020)<br>MP for [[Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency|Chidambaram]]}}<br>[{{abbr|MoS(I/C)|Minister of State - Independent Charge}}]
| [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]
|20 March<br>1998
| 2002–2004
|14 August<br>1999
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|'''{{ayd|1998|3|20|1999|8|14}}'''
|rowspan="2"|[[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
| style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!rowspan="3"|2
! 3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|
|rowspan="3"|[[File:No image available.svg|70px]]
| '''[[E. Ponnuswamy]]'''<br/><small>(1950–)</small>
|rowspan="3"|'''[[N. T. Shanmugam]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Vellore Lok Sabha constituency|Vellore]]}}<br>[{{abbr|MoS(I/C)|Minister of State - Independent Charge}}]
| [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]
|13 October<br>1999
| 1999–2001
|27 May<br>2000
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|'''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2000|5|27}}'''
| rowspan="5", style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|27 May <br>2000
|7 February<br>2001
|'''{{ayd|2000|5|27|2001|2|7}}'''
|[[Ministry of Coal]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|1 July<br>2002
|15 January<br>2004
|'''{{ayd|2002|7|1|2004|1|15}}'''
|[[Ministry of Food Processing Industries]]
|-
!3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[File:A. K. Moorthy (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[A. K. Moorthy]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1964)<br />MP for [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]}}
|1 July<br />2002
|15 January<br />2004
|'''{{ayd|2002|7|1|2004|1|15}}'''
||[[Ministry of Railways (India)|'''{{abbr|MoS|Minister of State}}''' in Ministry of Railways]]
|-
|-
! 4
! 4
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|
| [[File:E. Ponnuswamy (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[N. T. Shanmugam]]'''<br/><small>(1945–)</small>
| '''[[E. Ponnuswamy]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1936)<br/>MP for [[Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency|Chidambaram]]}}
| [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]<br>[[Ministry of Coal]]<br>[[Ministry of Food Processing Industries]]
| 13 October<br/>1999
| 1999–2000<br>2000–2001<br>2002–2004
| 7 February<br/>2001
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| '''{{ayd|13 Oct 1999|7 Feb 2001}}'''
| [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas|'''{{abbr|MoS|Minister of State}}''' in Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas]]
|-
|-
! 5
!5
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|
|[[File:Anbumani Ramadoss in 2007 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[R. Velu]]'''<br/><small>(1950–)</small>
|'''[[Anbumani Ramadoss]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1968)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Tamil Nadu]]}}
| [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]
|rowspan="2"|23 May<br>2004
| 2004–2009
|rowspan="2"|29 March<br>2009
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|rowspan="2"|'''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|3|29}}'''
|[[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Ministry of Health & Family Welfare]]
| rowspan="2", bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="2"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
!6
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[File:R. Velu addressing addressing at the Closing Ceremony of the 56th Senior National Kabaddi Championship (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[R. Velu]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1940)<br />MP for [[Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency|Arakkonam]]}}
||[[Ministry of Railways (India)|'''{{abbr|MoS|Minister of State}}''' in Ministry of Railways]]
|-
|-
! 6
| [[File:Anbumani Ramadoss.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Anbumani Ramadoss]]'''<br/><small>(1968–)</small>
| [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
| 2004–2009
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|}
|}


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|552,118
|{{Composition bar|0|15|hex=#FFD700}}
|{{Composition bar|0|15|hex=#FFD700}}
| No Change
||{{decrease}}15
|[[1996 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu#PMK-Tiwari Congress Front|PMK+]]
|[[1996 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu#PMK-Tiwari Congress Front|PMK+]]
| ! style="background:#FFA07A;"| Lost
| ! style="background:#FFA07A;"| Lost
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|18,79,689
|18,79,689
|{{Composition bar|0|10|hex=#FFD700}}
|{{Composition bar|0|10|hex=#FFD700}}
| No Change
||{{nochange}}
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| ! style="background:#98FB98;" | Government
| ! style="background:#98FB98;" | Government
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''<sup>'''TF - Third Front PT - PMK-Tiwari Congress Front'''</sup>''
''<sup>'''TF - Third Front PT - PMK-Tiwari Congress Front'''</sup>''


=== List of Lok Sabha Members ===
==List of Lok Sabha Members==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|No
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Year
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Year
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Election
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Election
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Member
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Member
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Constituency
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Constituency
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Positions Held
!rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Remarks
|-
|-
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| 14
|rowspan="4"| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
| 2004
| 14th Lok Sabha
| [[Rangasamy Velu]]
| Arakkonam
| Union Minister of State, Railways (2004)<br/>Resigned from Union Minister of State, Railways on 29 March 2009
|-
| 7
| 1999
| 13th Lok Sabha
| [[A.K. Moorthy]]
| Chengalpattu
| Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways (July 2002 - 15 January 2004)
|-
| 11
| 2004
| 14th Lok Sabha
| [[A.K. Moorthy]]
| Chengalpattu
| Re-elected for 2nd term
|-
| 1
| 1998
| 12th Lok Sabha
| [[Dalit Ezhilmalai]]
| [[Dalit Ezhilmalai]]
| Chidambaram
| [[Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency|Chidambaram (SC)]]
|
| Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare (Independent Charge), 1999
|-
|-
| K. Parymohan
| 8
| [[Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency|Dharmapuri]]
| 1999
| 13th Lok Sabha
| [[Mathivanan]]
| Chidambaram
| Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas (1999-2001)
|-
| 12
| 2004
| 14th Lok Sabha
| [[E Ponnuswamy]]
| Chidambaram
| Re-elected for 2nd term
|-
| 3
| 1998
| 12th Lok Sabha
| [[K. Parymohan]]
| Dharmapuri
|
|
|-
|-
| [[M. Durai]]
| 6
| [[Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency|Vandavasi]]
| 1999
| 13th Lok Sabha
| [[P D Elangovan]]
| Dharmapuri
|
|
|-
|-
| [[N.T. Shanmugam]]
| 13
| [[Vellore Lok Sabha constituency|Vellore]]
| 2004
| 14th Lok Sabha
| [[Senthil Raman]]
| Dharmapuri
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| 15
|rowspan="5"| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| 2014
| [[A.K. Moorthy]]
| 16th Lok Sabha
| [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]
| [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
| Dharmapuri
|
|
|-
|-
| Mathivanan
| 10
| [[Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency|Chidambaram (SC)]]
| 2004
| 14th Lok Sabha
| [[K Dhanaraju]]
| Tindivanam
|
|
|-
|-
| P D Elangovan
| 2
| [[Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency|Dharmapuri]]
| 1998
| 12th Lok Sabha
| [[Durai]]
| Vandavasi
|
|
|-
|-
| [[M. Durai]]
| 5
| [[Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency|Vandavasi]]
| 1999
| 13th Lok Sabha
| [[Durai]]
| Vandavasi
| Re-elected for 2nd term
| Re-elected for 2nd term
|-
|-
| 4
| 1998
| 12th Lok Sabha
| [[N.T. Shanmugam]]
| [[N.T. Shanmugam]]
| Vellore
| [[Vellore Lok Sabha constituency|Vellore]]
| Re-elected for 2nd term
| Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (October 1999 - May 2000)<br/>Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Coal (May 2000 - February 2001)<br/>Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food Processing Industries (July 2002 - January 2004)
|-
|-
| rowspan="6"|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| 9
| rowspan="6"|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
| 1999
| Rangasamy Velu
| 13th Lok Sabha
| [[Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency|Arakkonam]]
| [[N.T. Shanmugam]]
| Vellore
|
|-
| [[A.K. Moorthy]]
| [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]
| Re-elected for 2nd term
| Re-elected for 2nd term
|-
| E Ponnuswamy
| [[Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency|Chidambaram (SC)]]
| Re-elected for 2nd term
|-
| Senthil Raman
| [[Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency|Dharmapuri]]
|
|-
| K Dhanaraju
| [[Tindivanam Lok Sabha constituency|Tindivanam]]
|
|-
|M. Ramadass
|[[Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency|Puducherry]]
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
| [[Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency|Dharmapuri]]
|
|}
|}


== List of Rajya Sabha Members ==


=== List of Union Cabinet Ministers ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|No.
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|No.
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Portrait
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Portrait
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Portfolio
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Position
! colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Term in office
! colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Term in office
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Constituency<br>{{small|(House)}}
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FFD700;color:black"|Constituency<br>{{small|(House)}}
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|-
|-
! rowspan=3|1
! rowspan=3|1
| rowspan=3|[[File:Anbumani Ramadoss briefing the media after his meeting with the Health Ministers of Polio affected states Delhi, UP, Bihar, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, MP, Haryana and Maharashtra, in New Delhi on September 21, 2006.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=3|[[File:Anbumani Ramadoss.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=3|'''[[Anbumani Ramadoss]]'''<br/><small>(1968–)</small>
| rowspan=3|'''[[Anbumani Ramadoss]]'''<br/><small>(1968–)</small>
|[[Member of Rajya Sabha]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Member of Rajya Sabha]]
|2004
|2004
|2010
|2010
|6 years
|6 years
| rowspan=3|[[Rajya Sabha]]
| rowspan=3|[[Tamil Nadu]]<br /><small>([[Rajya Sabha]])</small>
|-
|[[Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
|2004
|2009
|5 years
|-
|-
|[[Member of Rajya Sabha]]
|2019
|2019
|''Incumbent''
|''Incumbent''
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[[Category:Political parties established in 1989]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1989]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Political parties in India]]

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Pattali Makkal Katchi
LeaderS. Ramadoss
PresidentAnbumani Ramadoss
ChairmanG. K. Mani
FounderS. Ramadoss
Founded16 July 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-07-16)
HeadquartersTindivanam, Villupuram District, Chennai - 604001, Tamil Nadu
Ideology Casteism
Right-wing populism
Political positionRight-wing
ECI StatusUnrecognised Party[1]
AllianceNDA (1998-2004, 2014-2016, 2019-present)
AIADMK-Congress (SDPA) (2001)
DMK-Indian National Congress (UPA) (2004-2009, 2011-2014)
AIADMK (UNPA) (2009-2011)
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 245
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
5 / 234
Election symbol

(Ripe Mango)
Website
pmkofficial.com

Pattali Makkal Katchi (transl. Proletariat's Party; abbreviated as PMK) is a Vanniyar caste party in Tamil Nadu, India, founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 for the Vanniyar caste in northern Tamil Nadu.[2][3] It is a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).[4] It contests the elections with the "Ripe Mango" symbol.[5]

The PMK is noted for its involvement in riots and vandalism. A former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalitha, likened the party to a terrorist organisation and threatened to ban it for its frequent involvement in violence and vandalism of public property.[6]

History

[edit]

Vanniyar Sangam

[edit]

S. Ramadoss founded the Vanniyar Sangam in 1980, bringing together a coalition of Vanniyar caste organisations. The Vanniyar Sangam is PMK's parent organisation.[7][8] The Vanniyar Sangham organised the 1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation demanding Most Backward Caste (MBC) status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the protests, the state was paralysed for a week when thousands of trees were felled, highways blocked and damaged and more than 1,400 houses of the Dalit community were burned down.[9] The police shot 21 protestors.[7] Later, in 1989, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government led by M. Karunanidhi granted MBC status to the Vanniyars, with the associated reservation entitlements in education and employment.[10]

PMK (1989–present)

[edit]

Ramadoss founded the PMK on 16 July 1989,[11] emerging from the Vanniyar reservation protests of 1987.[12]

Ahead of the 2004 elections, PMK joined the Democratic Progressive Alliance, a broad Tamil political coalition which also included the DMK, Indian National Congress (INC), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Indian Union Muslim League. The party was able to obtain a significant share of power both in the regional government in Tamil Nadu and the Central Government due to the number of seats it obtained which helped the United Progressive Alliance (UPA-I) to form the Government.[citation needed]

Following the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the PMK joined the United Progressive Alliance led by the INC. In June 2008, during the final months of the bitter relationship between the DMK and the PMK, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu severed its ties with the PMK, who were outside supporters of the Karunanidhi Government.[13] However, the DMK did not press for the party's removal from the UPA Government at the centre. On 26 March 2009, PMK declared that, it would join the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) led front and left the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

Ramadoss and his son, Anbumani Ramdoss, were arrested by the Jayalalitha government for their inflammatory speeches, the PMK cadres indulged in violence in April 2013 causing property damages estimated worth ₹600 crores.[14] Jayalalitha likened the party to a “terrorist” organization and claimed they hurled petrol bombs on moving vehicles and caused damages to 850 vehicles including public buses and threatened to ban the party.[15] Ramadoss and his son were released after 12 days in prison.[16]

PMK contested in the 2014 Lok Sabha election in an alliance with BJP-led NDA and its candidate Anbumani Ramadoss won the Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency, he was one of two non-AIADMK MPs from Tamil Nadu the other being from its ally BJP.[17]

PMK continued its alliance with AIADMK and BJP in the 2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu and contested 7 seats but the party failed to win any seats.[18]

The Madras Institute of Developmental Studies (MIDS) and an reported that the PMK and the Hindu Munnani was involved in the 2019 Ponparappi violence where Dalit women were sexually abused and Dalit houses were attacked and damaged.[19] An NGO Evidence also blamed PMK in the violence because the Dalit colony voted overwhelmingly for VCK.[20]

In November 2020, Ramadoss called for a protest demanding 20% internal reservation for Vanniyars in the MBC category in education and jobs from 1 December. During the pro-reservation protests, more than 500 PMK cadres pelted stones on a moving train and blocked traffic when they were blocked from entering Chennai.[21][22] A bill to create the 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyars was passed on February 26, 2021, by the AIADMK government.[23] The move was taken ahead of the April 6 assembly elections to appease the PMK, which had threatened to quit the coalition if their demand was not satisfied.[24] In July 2021, the DMK government issued an order to implement 10.5% quota Bill for Vanniyars.[24]

PMK contested in 23 seats in the AIADMK alliance in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election and won five seats by securing 4.04%.[18] In the assembly, PMK voted in favour of anti-CAA and anti-farm-law resolutions, but AIADMK and BJP walked out over the matter.[25] PMK left the AIADMK-led alliance for the 2021 local body polls.[26]

Ideology and political positions

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The PMK defied Tamil Nadu's Dravidian political culture by explicitly appealing to its caste identification when asking for support. The party has been linked to direct action and protests that have resulted in violence. Between 2012 and 2013, the party ran a campaign against intercaste marriages.[12]

Leaders

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The leaders of Pattali Makkal Katchi, who are also the national executives of the party, are listed below:[27]

National Executive
S.No Member Party Position
1. S. Ramadoss Founder-Leader of PMK
2. G.K. Mani Honorary President of PMK[28]
3. Anbumani Ramadoss President of PMK
4. Vadivel Ravanan General Secretary of PMK
5. Thilagabama Treasurer of PMK
6. Pu.Tha.Arulmozhi President of Vanniyar Sangam
7. Advocate K. Balu Spokesperson of PMK

List of Union Ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Portfolio Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Dalit Ezhilmalai
(1945–2020)
MP for Chidambaram
[MoS(I/C)] 		20 March
1998 		14 August
1999 		1 year, 147 days Minister of Health and Family Welfare Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 N. T. Shanmugam
MP for Vellore
[MoS(I/C)] 		13 October
1999 		27 May
2000 		227 days Vajpayee III
27 May
2000 		7 February
2001 		256 days Ministry of Coal
1 July
2002 		15 January
2004 		1 year, 198 days Ministry of Food Processing Industries
3 A. K. Moorthy
(born 1964)
MP for Chengalpattu 		1 July
2002 		15 January
2004 		1 year, 198 days MoS in Ministry of Railways
4 E. Ponnuswamy
(born 1936)
MP for Chidambaram 		13 October
1999 		7 February
2001 		1 year, 117 days MoS in Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
5 Anbumani Ramadoss
(born 1968)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu 		23 May
2004 		29 March
2009 		4 years, 310 days Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
6 R. Velu
(born 1940)
MP for Arakkonam 		MoS in Ministry of Railways

Election history

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Tamil Nadu

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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Election Year Election Votes polled Won Change of Seats Alliance Result
1991 10th Assembly 1,452,982
1 / 194
 Increase1 None Lost
1996 11th Assembly 1,042,333
4 / 116
 Increase 3 PMK+ Lost
2001 12th Assembly 1,557,500
20 / 27
 Increase 16 AIADMK+ Won
2006 13th Assembly 1,863,749
18 / 31
 Decrease 2 DMK + Won
2011 14th Assembly 1,927,783
3 / 30
 Decrease 15 DMK + Lost
2016 15th Assembly 2,300,775
0 / 234
 Decrease 3 None Lost
2021 16th Assembly 1,756,796
5 / 23
 Increase 5 AIADMK+ Lost
Lok Sabha election
Election Year Election Votes polled Won Change of Seats Alliance Result
1996 11th Lok Sabha 552,118
0 / 15
 No Change PMK+ Lost
1998 12th Lok Sabha 15,48,976
4 / 5
 Increase4 NDA Government
1999 13th Lok Sabha 2,236,821
5 / 7
 Increase1 NDA Government
2004 14th Lok Sabha 1,927,367
5 / 5
 No Change DPA Government
2009 15th Lok Sabha 1,944,619
0 / 6
 Decrease5 TF Lost
2014 16th Lok Sabha 1,804,812
1 / 8
 Increase1 NDA Government
2019 17th Lok Sabha 2,297,431[29]
0 / 7
 Decrease1 NDA Government
2024 18th Lok Sabha 18,79,689
0 / 10
 No Change NDA Government

DPA - Democratic Progressive Alliance NDA - National Democratic Alliance TF - Third Front PT - PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

Puducherry

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Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
Election Year Election Votes polled Won Change of Seats Alliance Result
2006 2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election N.A.
2 / 30
 Increase2 DPA Government
Further information: Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha election
Election Year Election Votes polled Won Change of Seats Alliance Result Candidate
1999 13th Lok Sabha 140,920
0 / 1
 No Change NDA Lost M. Ramadass
2004 14th Lok Sabha 241,653
1 / 1
 Increase1 DPA Government M. Ramadass
2009 15th Lok Sabha 208,619
0 / 1
 Decrease1 TF Lost M. Ramadass

DPA - Democratic Progressive Alliance NDA - National Democratic Alliance TF - Third Front PT - PMK-Tiwari Congress Front

List of Lok Sabha Members

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Year Election Member Constituency Remarks
1998 12th Lok Sabha Dalit Ezhilmalai Chidambaram (SC)
K. Parymohan Dharmapuri
M. Durai Vandavasi
N.T. Shanmugam Vellore
1999 13th Lok Sabha A.K. Moorthy Chengalpattu
Mathivanan Chidambaram (SC)
P D Elangovan Dharmapuri
M. Durai Vandavasi Re-elected for 2nd term
N.T. Shanmugam Vellore Re-elected for 2nd term
2004 14th Lok Sabha Rangasamy Velu Arakkonam
A.K. Moorthy Chengalpattu Re-elected for 2nd term
E Ponnuswamy Chidambaram (SC) Re-elected for 2nd term
Senthil Raman Dharmapuri
K Dhanaraju Tindivanam
M. Ramadass Puducherry
2014 16th Lok Sabha Anbumani Ramadoss Dharmapuri

List of Rajya Sabha Members

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term in office Constituency
(House)
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 Anbumani Ramadoss
(1968–) 		Member of Rajya Sabha 2004 2010 6 years Tamil Nadu
(Rajya Sabha)
2019 Incumbent 5 years, 332 days

See also

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References

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