Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam (DVK) is a social movement in the state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. It is a splinter group of

Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam was a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It split from Dravidar Kazhagam in 1996. The president of the party is 'Kolathur' Mani and its general secretary is 'Viduthalai' Rajendran. In August 2012, Periya ...

. Its policy is to bring out social reform along the lines envisaged by

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Fa ...

. It was founded in August 2012. The party president is Kolathur Mani and Viduthalai Rajendran is the general secretary.

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* http://www.dvkperiyar.com/ Political parties in Tamil Nadu Political parties established in 2012 2012 establishments in Tamil Nadu {{India-party-stub