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Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi (People's Tamil Land Party, in
Tamil
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* Tamil language, nativ ...
: மக்கள் தமிழ் தேசம் கட்சி), generally just called Makkal Tamil Desam (MTD) is a
political party
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in the
India
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n state of
Tamil Nadu
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. MTD was founded on 22 August 2000. MTD has its base amongst the Yadava(Konar)(ietaiyar)ietaiyan) caste in the north and southern parts of the state. The Tamil Nadu Yadava Mahasabai supported the formation of the party. The party leader is S. Kannappan, a former
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...
(AIADMK) minister. Kannappan had been expelled from AIADMK before the foundation of MTD.
Ahead of the 2001 Tamil Nadu assembly elections MTD joined the
National Democratic Alliance
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(NDA).
On 6 May 2002, the
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unit of MTD broke away and joined
Indian National Congress
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.
In the 2004 MTD took part in the
People's Alliance, the third front in Tamil Nadu together with
Janata Dal (United)
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,
Puthiya Tamizhagam
Puthiya Tamilagam is a caste political party based in Tamil Nadu, India.
Elections
The PT contested the 1999 Lok Sabha elections and ten seats in the 2001 state assembly elections, the latter in alliance with the DMK. It won no seats in either ...
and the
Dalit Panthers of India
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. This front was basically formed by groups who were dissatisfied that
Bharatiya Janata Party
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(BJP) had put NDA aside in Tamil Nadu and instead had launched a pure BJP-AIADMK front in the elections. MTD contested under the JD(U) symbol.
Political parties in Tamil Nadu
2000 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Political parties established in 2000