Vijayakanth

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (in Tamil: தேசிய முற்போக்கு திராவிடக் கழகம், meaning National Progressive Dravidian Federation) is a regional political party formed by Tamil cinema actor "Captain" Vijayakanth in Tamil Nadu along the lines of the regional Dravidian political parties. He formally announced party formation on September 14, 2005 at Madurai. The party head office is in Koyambedu, Chennai. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (717x1953, 1629 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (717x1953, 1629 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ... Political parties in India lists political parties in India. ... Sivaji Ganesan from the film veerapaandiya kattabomman. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Vijayaraj (popularly known as Vijaykanth, born on August 25, 1952) is a popular Tamil actor and politician. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Dravidian people, Dravidian race or Dravidians are terms that are some times given to people of India (mainly Southern India), Northern Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal who currently speak Dravidian languages or are historically assumed to have spoken Dravidian languages but no longer are. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... Madurai   (மதுரை in Tamil ; IPA: ) is a city and a municipal corporation situated on the banks of River Vaigai in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Chennai   (Tamil: ), formerly known as Madras  , is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ...

Vijayakanth with Actress Vijayakumari, former chief minister of tamil nadu Janaki Ramachandran

This party contested in all 234 seats in the state elections in May 2006 with Vijayakanth contesting in Vridhachalam. The party polled almost 3 million votes (about 10% share),(which was surprisingly good show for a new party). All the candidates of the DMDK with the exception of Mr.Vijaykanth lost the elections in 2006. This proved to be a great disappointment to his political ambitions.[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1072x1192, 1574 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1072x1192, 1574 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Tamil Nadu The Tamil Nadu state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, took place on May 8, 2006 in 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, India. ...

Vijaykanth has declared that he would not ask donations for his party, and most of the funding for hte party comes from his own pocket.He has so far rejected alliances with other political parties. In a recent by-elections to Madurai Central assembly constituency DMDK has secured around 17000 votes which is just 2000 votes less than ADMK. DMDK was also able to secure significant no of seats in Local Body elections.

But however, the functioning of the party is no different from the other parties in Tamil Nadu. The district secretaries continue to be unscroupulous. A report on the high handed activities of the DMDK secretary of Pudukkottai District was brought to light in the local newspapers. He was found to be operating a mafia style ring in the district, threatening people running notable businesses and extracting money out of them.

Election history

Tamil Nadu

External links

• Welcome to DMDK - Political Site for Vijaykanth Party
• DMDK Vijayakanth Profile in ArasiyalTalk.com
• Vijaykanth's interview to rediff.com