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	'''Makkal Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam''' (MDMDK) (Tamil: மக்கள் தேசிய முற்போக்கு திராவிடக் கழகம்; English: People's National Progressive Dravidian Federation) is a regional political outfit formed by former DMDK propaganda secretary and MLA V.C. Chandhirakumar and two MLAs, S.R. Parthipan and [[C. H. Sekar]] in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, along the lines of the regional Dravidian political parties. They formally announced the outfit's formation on 10 April 2016 at Chennai.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmdk-mlas-launch-new-party/article8457828.ece\|title=DMDK dissidents launch new outfit; ready to work with the DMK\|first=B.\|last=Kolappan\|date=10 April 2016\|publisher=\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		'''Makkal Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam''' (MDMDK) (Tamil: மக்கள் தேசிய முற்போக்கு திராவிடக் கழகம்; English: People's National Progressive Dravidian Federation) is a regional political outfit formed by former DMDK propaganda secretary and MLA [[V. C. Chandhirakumar]] and two MLAs, S.R. Parthipan and [[C. H. Sekar]] in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, along the lines of the regional Dravidian political parties. They formally announced the outfit's formation on 10 April 2016 at Chennai.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmdk-mlas-launch-new-party/article8457828.ece\|title=DMDK dissidents launch new outfit; ready to work with the DMK\|first=B.\|last=Kolappan\|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=10 April 2016\|publisher=\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

	==Birth of MDMDK==		==Birth of MDMDK==

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'''Makkal Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam''' (MDMDK) (Tamil: மக்கள் தேசிய முற்போக்கு திராவிடக் கழகம்; English: People's National Progressive Dravidian Federation) is a regional political outfit formed by former DMDK propaganda secretary and MLA V.C. Chandhirakumar and two MLAs, S.R. Parthipan and [[C. H. Sekar]] in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, along the lines of the regional Dravidian political parties. They formally announced the outfit's formation on 10 April 2016 at Chennai.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmdk-mlas-launch-new-party/article8457828.ece|title=DMDK dissidents launch new outfit; ready to work with the DMK|first=B.|last=Kolappan|date=10 April 2016|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Birth of MDMDK==
The outfit formed by former DMDK secretary and MLA V.C. Chandhirakumar and two MLAs, S.R. Parthipan and [[C. H. Sekar]] who were a part of DMDK. Following 2016 assembly election alliance dispute with the DMDK chief Vijayakanth, seven former district secretaries and three MLAs deserted themselves from Vijayakanth-led party and formed Makkal Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.<ref name="thenewsminute.com">{{cite news | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-polls-dmdk-rebels-join-hands-dmk-41476 | title=TN Polls: DMDK rebels join hands with DMK | publisher=The News Minute | date=11 April 2016 | first=Pheba | last=Mathew | accessdate=13 July 2020 }}</ref>

==2016 Assembly Election==
Makkal-DMDK was formed and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam treasurer M K Stalin invited Makkal Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam to meet party chief Karunanidhi. Following this, Makkal DMDK functionaries led by Chandrakumar called on both Stalin and Karunanidhi. Later, speaking to reporters, Chandrakumar said that they offered unconditional support to DMK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/politics/dmk-makkal-dmdk-alliance-tamil-nadu-elections/|title=DMK gets unconditional support from DMDK breakaway group|date=11 April 2016|publisher=}}</ref> in the 2016 assembly election.<ref name="thenewsminute.com"/>

==References==
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