For the DMDK, which was founded by actor-politician 'Captain' Vijayakanth in 2005, this would be the first election the party is set to fight after his death on December 28 last year. His wife and DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth described the AIADMK as a "natural ally."
Before Thalapathy Vijay, many South superstars have launched their political parties including Jayalalithaa, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan among others. Scroll down to check the list of those political parties launched by popular South actors.
Actor-turned-politician Vijaykanth passed away on Thursday, December 28. He was 71. Before entering politics, he acted in several hundred films and bagged many prestigious awards. Let us take you on a trip down memory lane and remember some of his best films.
Vijayakanth was 71-year-old and was the Opposition Leader in Tamil Nadu from 2011 to 2016.
Candidates previously announced by AMMK for segments now earmarked for DMDK would be withdrawn, Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam top leader TTV Dhinakaran said.
The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) led by actor politician Vijayakanth has walked out of the AIADMK-BJP alliance after failed seat sharing talks. This was announced by Vijayakanth in a press statement here on Tuesday.
Kovilpatti: MDMK chief and a key architect of the DMDK-PWF-TMC combine Vaiko today stunned his supporters by going back on his decision to contest the May 16 assembly polls alleging the DMK was planning to
Vijayakanth will contest from Ullundurpet, shifting from Rishivandiyam constituency where he successfully contested the 2011 Assembly election as an AIADMK ally
Although a multi-cornered contest stares Tamil Nadu for Assembly polls, the fight essentially is between ruling AIADMK and the rest
Durai: MDMK leader Vaiko on Friday alleged that the DMK and the BJP had made offers, including money, to DMDK leader Vijayakant, who had rejected them to join the People's Welfare Front (PWF) to fight
Madurai: In the latest, MDMK leader Vaiko has said that the DMK had "offered" 80 (assembly) seats and Rs 500 crore to Vijayakant for joining its alliance while the BJP had offered him a Rajya Sabha MP post and a ministerial berth in the union cabinet
Chennai: In a major development ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, DMDK president Vijayakanth has announced his party — the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) — would join the People’s Welfare Party alliance constituting the
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth who heads the DMDK (Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam)is a much sought after politician in Tamil Nadu today. The DMK which is desperately trying to cobble up an alliance of all anti-Jayalaithaa
After keeping alliance aspirants on tenterhooks, actor-turned politician Vijayakanth on Thursday said his party DMDK would go it alone in the 16 May Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, belying the hopes of DMK, BJP and the four-party bloc PWF.
Chennai: With his meeting with DMDK founder Vijayakanth sparking off speculations of a political realignment ahead of Assembly elections in 2016, DMK President M Karunanidhi today indicated that only an alliance of political parties could
Chennai: Main opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly DMDK thursday lodged a police complaint alleging defamatory posts in social media against its party chief Vijayakanth and demanded removal of such content and action against those floating
Chennai: Hailing BJP for winning Maharashtra and Haryana elections, the party's Tamil Nadu ally DMDK today said voters in these states had repeated the 'silent revolution' they did during Lok Sabha polls, by voting for
Chennai: DMDK chief and the Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly Vijayakanth today criticised Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for distancing her government from the power tariff hike proposed by the state electricity regulatory commission
Chennai: Veteran Dravidian leader and former Chief Minister C N Annadurai was remembered in the state on the occasion of his 106th birth anniversary. DMK President M Karunanidhi, accompanied by senior leaders including M K
Chennai: Asserting that her state police force was on duty round the clock and was hard on complaints of crime, especially against women, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today contended that the state was
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