Estranged LDF legislator P.V. Anvar declares DMK leader, Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin as ideological lodestar of his nascent social organisation
The Hindu
Independent legislator P.V. Anvar aligns with DMK leader M.K. Stalin, launching a social movement in Kerala.
Independent legislator P.V. Anvar, who acrimoniously broke ranks with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), has declared Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin as the ideological lodestar of his nascent social organisation.
Remarkably, Mr. Anvar’s fledgeling organisation, the Democratic Movement of Kerala (DMK) and Mr. Stalin’s party share the same acronym.
On Sunday (October 6, 2024) evening, Mr. Anvar will formally launch the “movement” in Malappuram.
He stated that the DMK in Kerala was not a political outfit but a social movement based on secular principles espoused by the Dravidian movement. He conceded some “technical difficulties” in launching a new political outfit.
For one, Mr. Anvar remained a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) ‘s [CPI(M)] parliamentary party in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The CPI(M) has yet to expel Mr. Anvar from its fold in the Assembly formally but has made a political statement by assigning him a seat on the opposition’s side of the aisle.
Mr. Anvar has positioned the DMK “ social movement” in Kerala as a popular counterweight to the State’s “deep state and established political class. “
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