Amma Makkal Munetra Kazhagam: TTV Dhinakaran Announces Name of His Party, Says Will Try to Retrieve Two Leaves Symbol of AIADMK

Expelled AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday announced the name of her political party - Amma Makkal Munetra Kazhagam.

Chennai, Mar 15: Expelled AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday announced the name of her political party – Amma Makkal Munetra Kazhagam. He said that his party will fight the next elections under the new name and party flag, adding that he will also try to get the ‘two-leaves’ symbol of AIADMK. “We will win all upcoming elections from now by using latest name and party flag, we will also try to retrieve the two leaves symbol, till then will use cooker symbol,” Dhinakaran said to his supporters who had gathered at the event to announce the name of his party.

The Delhi High Court had on March 9 allowed Dhinakaran’s plea for allotment of a common symbol, preferably ‘pressure cooker’, and a name of his choice for the AIADMK faction led by him.

Dhinakaran, who won the RK Nagar Assembly bypoll, held in December last as an independent candidate on the ‘pressure cooker’ symbol, had earlier told the court that he needed a temporary name and symbol for his group to interact with the electorate in the eventuality of elections to local bodies or any other polls.

An interim application was filed by the Dhinakaran-V K Sasikala faction in their main petition challenging the Election Commission’s November 23 order last year, which had allotted ‘two leaves’ symbol to the group headed by Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam.