Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam (Ambedkar People Movement) is a political movement in the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

working for the upliftment of

Dalits Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming ...

. The founder of AMI was Dr. V. Balasundaram. Dr.Vai. Balasundaram formed 'Ambedkar People Movement' in 1977 in a ceremony held at Rajaji Hall,

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, in the esteemed presence of Mr. Prabhudas Patwari, Hon’ble then Governor of

.Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam is constantly fighting for social welfare, equality, human rights, women welfare, Panchami Land recovery and educational upliftment. After demise of Vai Balasundaram, his brother Vai Ramalingam was elected as president for the party in the general body meeting held at Pudukkottai on 25 January 2020. In that same general body meeting Ilamurugu Muthu was elected as Executive President for the party. Ambedkar Makkal Iyakka executive president Ilamurugu Muthu met Tamil Nadu DGP C. Sylendra Babu and raised a complaint against Rathnakumar and Chitra Lakshmanan for the controversy talk about maestro Ilaiyaraaja

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Demonstration seeking judicial probe
The Hindu, 10 January 2007
Ex-Mayor passes away
The Hindu, 8 December 2019
AMI Official Website

Political parties in Tamil Nadu Memorials to B. R. Ambedkar Ambedkarite political parties 1977 establishments in Tamil Nadu Political parties established in 1977 {{India-party-stub