DMK Prepares for 75th Anniversary Celebrations

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is set to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Founded on September 17, 1949, the party, under Chief Minister M K Stalin, will commemorate the milestone by hoisting the party flag on renovated poles. Stalin calls on party members to join in the celebrations.

'Let us celebrate', DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin told his party cadres on Monday as the party is set to commemorate its 75th anniversary soon.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, founded on September 17, 1949, a great political movement, is set to complete 75 years of its service to the people, Stalin said in a statement.

To mark the occasion, it was decided in the recent district secretaries meeting, that party veterans would hoist the party flag on renovated poles in their respective areas.

'Let the two colour (black and red) party flag that flutter across the streets fly high in our homes,' Stalin said, 'let us celebrate and hoist the party flag in our homes and offices.' The party, founded by Dravidian icon CN Annadurai to implement through laws and schemes the ideology of reformist leader Periyar E V Ramasamy, was guarded and nurtured by 'Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar,' CM noted.

(With inputs from agencies.)