Dhinakaran floats new party named after 'Amma'

Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran launches the party flag, which consists of a photo of J Jayalalithaa. Pic/PTI

Rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday floated a new political party, the 'Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam', named after late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

"From today onwards, we will function with a name to retrieve the great movement of AIADMK from the betrayers," Dhinakaran told a gathering on the occasion, challenging the ruling dispensation in the state. Dhinakaran and his followers often use the word "betrayers" to refer to the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, led by Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy, O Panneerselvam.

Announcing the name of the party, 'Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam', roughly translated as 'Amma's party for people's development', thrice to a thunderous applause at Melur, Dhinakaran said it was a party of the followers of 'Puratchi Thalaivi Amma'.

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