{"id":3094,"date":"2016-06-28T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2016-06-28T13:39:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:39:45","slug":"breakaway-dmdk-group-to-merge-with-dmk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=3094","title":{"rendered":"Breakaway DMDK group to merge with DMK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/makkal-dmdk.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3095 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/makkal-dmdk.jpg\" alt=\"makkal dmdk\" width=\"294\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a>Makkal DMDK, the breakaway group of Vijayakant-led <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/DMDK\">DMDK<\/a>, today decided to merge with DMK claiming it alone would be able to usher in change in <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Tamil-Nadu\">Tamil Nadu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Makkal DMDK leader <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/V-C-Chandrakumar\">V C Chandrakumar<\/a> said the people of Tamil Nadu voted for DMK to make it a robust Opposition party as it alone would be able to bring change in the State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the faith that DMK alone would be able to bring change in Tamil Nadu, and to continue the political journey with self-respect, it has been resolved that Makkal DMDK should be merged with DMK,&#8221; he told reporters here after a meeting of top functionaries of the outfit.<\/p>\n<p>The merger would take place soon, he said, adding he would undertake a state-wide tour along with other leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Many more would join the DMK from DMDK, he said, claiming the rank and file of the party was disillusioned.<\/p>\n<p>Makkal DMDK leaders led by <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Chandrakumar\">Chandrakumar<\/a> revolted against their party leadership when it decided to align with People&#8217;s Welfare Front. They demanded the party forge an alliance with the DMK.<\/p>\n<p>The DMDK leadership, however, did not budge and they were expelled from the party. Later, they floated Makkal DMDK and joined hands with DMK.<\/p>\n<p>The fledgling outfit was given Erode (East), <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Mettur\">Mettur<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Gummidipoondi\">Gummidipoondi<\/a> seats by the DMK. However, Makkal DMDK candidates could not win a single seat though they contested on the rising sun symbol of DMK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makkal DMDK, the breakaway group of Vijayakant-led DMDK, today decided to merge with DMK claiming it alone would be able to usher in change in Tamil Nadu. Makkal DMDK leader V C Chandrakumar said the people of Tamil Nadu voted for DMK to make it a robust Opposition party as it alone would be able [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3096,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions\/3096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}