The Puducherry Munnetra Congress, formerly known as the ''Pondicherry Munnetra Congress'', (PMC) was a political party in India active in the Union Territory of

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. It was formed by P. Kannan on 11 May 2005. Its symbol is the bell. The party holds 3 seats in the

Puducherry Legislative Assembly The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. Out of eight union territories of India, only three h ...

which they won during the 2006 elections with

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) as its ally. During the general election of 2009, the party switched camps and now supports the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

.In 25 September 2019 he floated a new political party – Makkal Munnetra Congress (MMC), later joined BJP in 2021 and resigned & deceased in 2023.

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