Puratchi Bharatham Katchi
AbbreviationPBK
LeaderM. Jaganmoorthy
PresidentM. Jaganmoorthy
FounderM. Murthy
Founded26 January 1978; 46 years ago (1978-01-26)
HeadquartersTamil Nadu, India
Political positionSyncretic[1]
Colours  Blue
  White
  Red
ECI StatusUnrecognized political party
AllianceAIADMK-led Alliance (2014 - present)
DMK Front (2004 - 2011)
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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Website
thepbk.in
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Puratchi Bharatham Katchi (transl. Revolutionary India party; abbreviated as PBK) is an Indian social movement and political party that seeks to combat caste based discrimination, active in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is founded by M. Murthy/ The party operates in the states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. Poovai M. Jaganmoorthy is the current leader of the party. This party was established for education, employment and economic development of the Scheduled Caste people.

History

It was initially started as the Ambedkar Mandram in 1978 by Moorthy and later reformed into Ambedkar People Liberation Front (APLF). In 1998, It became a full-fledged political party on its current form of 'Puratchi Bhartham Katchi'.[2] The party leader M. Jaganmoorthy contested in DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance and won the Arakkonam Assembly constituency in 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election on the DMK symbol.[3] The party extended its support to the AIADMK in the 2016.[4] In the 2021 Tamil Nadu Election, Jaganmoorthy contested on behalf of the AIADMK-led Alliance in the Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency on the AIADMK symbol and won 83,989 (48.57%) votes by defeating the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate.[5]

Controversy

There was a case in the court against the usage of Ashoka Chakra in the middle of the party flag.[6]

List of party leaders

Presidents

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term in office
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 Poovai M. Moorthy
(1953–2002) 		26 January 1978 2 September 2002 24 years, 219 days
2 Poovai M. Jaganmoorthy
(1966–) 		2 September 2002 Incumbent 21 years, 149 days

References

  1. ^ Waghmore, Suryakant (2013-09-30). Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India. SAGE Publications India. pp. 15–19. ISBN 978-81-321-1886-2.
  2. ^ "புரட்சி பாரதம் கட்சி - ஒடுக்கப்பட்டவர்களுக்காக தொடர்ந்து ஒலிக்குமா?". IBC Tamil (in Tamil). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 Oct 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  4. ^ "7 More Parties Extend Support to AIADMK". newindianexpress. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Detailed Result, Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021" (PDF). eci.gov.in.
  6. ^ "Action likely against political party". June 4, 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.

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