Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | |
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| Abbreviation | TMC(M) |
| President | G. K. Vasan |
| General Secretary | Vidiyal Sekar |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | G. K. Vasan |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | G. K. Vasan |
| Founder | G. K. Moopanar |
| Founded | 29 March 1996 |
| Split from | Tamil Nadu Congress Committee |
| Headquarters | 14, 5th Cross Street, Ellaiamman Colony, Teynampet, Chennai – 600086, Tamil Nadu, India. |
| Student wing | TMC(M) Student Wing |
| Youth wing | TMC(M) Youth Wing |
| Women's wing | TMC(M) Women's Wing |
| Labour wing | TMC(M) Labour Wing |
| Ideology | Green politics Green conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Orange |
| ECI Status | Registered Unrecognised State Party |
| Alliance |
Former Alliances
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 543 |
| Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | 0 / 234 |
| Election symbol | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| tamilmaanilacongress | |
The Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) alias Moopanar Congress (transl. Tamil State Congress (Moopanar); abbr. TMC(M)) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded by the former member of parliament of the Republic of India G. K. Moopanar on 29 March 1996 as a breakaway faction from the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. In conflict with Jayalalitha CM of tamilnad Superstar Rajnikanth having Demigod image in state, openly gave a statement against Jayalalitha, in stage with ministers of ruling party in stage,and in 1996 election he publicly declared his support to Tamil manila Congress.TMC won 41 seat's in that election within 3 month's of formation of TMC. After Moopanar's death, the party's officials chose his son G. K. Vasan to lead the party in 2002. The TMC(M) was merged with Indian National Congress from 2002 to 2014. The party was again formed after a split from INC in November 2014.
It was allied with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and is part of the Indian political front, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2019.