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"I am by the people, I am for the people" - Puratchi Thalaivi J JAYALALlTHAA

o. PANNEERSELVAM EDAPPADI K. PALANISWAMI
Co-ordinator, AIADMK joint Co-ordinator, AIADMK
Deputy Chief Minister of Tamilnadu Chief Minister of Tamilnadu

Date: 16.04.2018
To 't
MR. AJAY KUMAR VERMA
Under Secretary,
Election Commission of India,
Nirvachan Sadan,
Asoka road,
New Delhi - 110 001.

Sir,
Sub Amendment to the Rules & Regulations of the Party -
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Political Party - reg.
Ref Letter from your office dated 15.03.2018

Reference is drawn to the letter cited above acknowledging the

amendment to the rules. For you records, we are once again enclosing the
Rules & Regulations of the party as amended at the General Council Meeting
held on 12.09.2017 duly certified by us in the original Tamil version and the
translated English version.
We request you to take the same on record and update the same in
your records as well as in the website of the Election Commission.
Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this letter.
Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
For ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM ,
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18 Functions and Responsibilities
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Deputy General Secretary

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 J; THE ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PARTY

(As Amended in the General Council Meeting on 12.9.2017)

" RULE-1: a) NAME OF THE ORGANISATION:

" The name of the Political Organisation shall be the ALL

"'" INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM.

Hereinafter the word KAZHAGAM wherever it occurs will
denote only AIADMK unless otherwise indicated.
'"
"'" b) ORIGIN:
The AIADMK has been founded on the 17th day of

'"'"
October 1972 by PURATCHI THALAIVAR Dr. M.G.R. to
promote and implement the ideals of Late Lamented

'" Leader Dr. ANNA for establishing a classless, casteless,

" nationalist, rationalist, socialist society

democratic process within the framework
through
of the
"'" Constitution of India.

" RULE-2: POLICY OF THE PARTY

"" The ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM Party

shall bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of
" India as by law established and to the principles of

" Socialism, Secularism and Democracy and will 'uphold the

'"'" Sovereignty, Unity and Integrity of India.

The Party will strive to create equality among all classes and
'" to establish a democratic socialist society, to promote the

-". language and culture of Dravidians, to strengthen the

democratic system and to strive for more autonomous

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powers for the States in the Indian Sub-continent subject to
overall sovereignty of the Centre without jeopardising the
Unity and Integrity of the Nation in accordance with the
"" Constitution of India.

'" RULE· 3: OBJECTS

.. The objectives of the Party will be to strive to foment and
" forge a sense of Unity among the people of diversified
... culture, civilizations, traditions and languages inhabiting this
" Indian Sub-continent.

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... To strive for equal opportunities for development of political,
" economic and social environs among the various States by

"" mutual co-operation, adjustment and adopting a give and

take policy.

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... To strive for bringing necessary amendments to the
Constitution to declare the regional language of the linguistic
States as the official language of the respective States, with
" a view to maintaining the solidarity and unity among the
" people of the different linguistic regions and to strive for
'" continuance of English, which by its long usage has taken
" roots in the soil, as medium of communication as between
" different linguistic States and also between States and
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Central Government.
FLAG
... The Flag will be rectangular.
in 3:2 proportion.
The length and breadth will be
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The upper half of the Flag shall be in BLACK and that of the
"... lower half in RED colour .
The bust of ANNA in WHITE colour should be superimposed
" in the middle of the Flag with his forefinger pointed towards

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the opposite direction of the Flag Pole.

" RULE· 5: MEMBERSHIP

"... i) Only those Males or Females who are eighteen years of
age and above and who accept the aims and
"'" objectives, the rules and regulations of the Party and
the decisions of the Party as final and pledge that they
... will not resort to Court action on such matters are
alone eligible to become the members of the Party.
'" ii) Those who are found to have been directly or indirectly
'" connected or associated with any caste or communal or
'"" other political organisations
Membership of the AIADMK.
will forfeit their

" iii)

"" a) Only those who hold their Membership Cards, issued by

the Headquarters of the Party will alone be recognised
as Members. Only from the date of issue of the

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Membership Card, a Member will become eligible to
vote.
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Anyone who fulfils the conditions of eligibility as laid

down by the Party Constitution can become a Member.
• They should send in their applications in the prescribed
,.-- form to the Headquarters Office through the Secretary

.. of the Party Unit concerned and they must obtain their

Membership cards in token of their admission. They
can also enroll themselves as Members in the presence
" of the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator who alone
" are empowered to admit a person to Membership.
"
" c) A person desirous of becoming a Member of a
"• particular Party Unit of the Organisation shall be a
resident or should have business interest within the
" area.

"'" d) Not less than Twenty Five persons should be enrolled in

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fItt the prescribed Form issued by the Headquarters Office
which shall be forwarded within a month to
Headquarters. The Membership Cards issued by the
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Headquarters should be delivered to the members
admitted within a week from the date of receipt of
" Cards.
" iv)
" a) A person is eligible to become a Member only in one
"-- Party Unit.

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b) A Member can transfer his Membership from one Party
" unit to another for valid reasons. The transfer of
Membership can be effected with the consent of both
" the Secretaries of the Party Units concerned by
payment of transfer fee to the Headquarters. However,
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in this matter is final.
The rules for enrolling the new Members as laid down
by the Headquarters from time to time should be
• followed.

" vi) Every member shall pay a membership fee of Rs.l0

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only for every five years. This fee should be remitted
along with the application for membership.
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" vii) Members shall have no right to resort to Court

'""",.. Proceedings regarding Party matters. If any Member of
the Party resorts to any Court Proceedings against the
Party Co-ordinator's and Joint Co-ordinator's decision

" he/she shall cease to be a Primary Member of the

",.. Party.
The decision of the General Council shall be final with
'" regard to party matters and only those who abide by
" this condition are eligible to admission for Membership.

" All those who have become Members of the KAZHAGAM

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are bound by the decision of the General Council.

RULE·6: PARTY UNITS

,..'" i) Village Panchayat Party Unit

...,.. Only one party unit shall be formed in each Panchayat

and if a minimum of 25 members could not be secured,
more than one Panchayat could be grouped together to
" form the said party unit. There is no ceiling against

.".. enrolling any number of additional members .

ii) In village units, all the primary members shall meet

" and elect its functionaries. Five functionaries of the
" Village unit, viz. the Chairman, Secretary, two Deputy
" Secretaries and Treasurer, three representatives of
" higher unit and nine executive committee members of
"" the Village unit shall be elected. Among them, the
posts of one deputy secretary, one member of the
" higher unit and three executive committee members

" are exclusively reserved for women.

.".. iii) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

" A General Body Meeting of the village Party Unit shall

be held atleast once in six months and the Executive
" Committee Meeting shall be held atleast once in two
"" months. If the meetings are not convened as stated
above, the Panchayat party Unit Union Secretary or the
" Organisation at higher level will have the power to
convene the Meeting if necessary.
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" iv) Each Party Unit shall hold public meetings atleast 4
" times in a year for Party Propaganda.

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" v) Village Panchayat Party Unit Secretaries
For all the 12,618 Panchayat Party Units in Tamil Nadu,
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Panchayat Party Unit's Secretaries shall be elected.
These Secretaries shall be elected by the respective
Party units primary members. The Secretaries will be
,.. responsible for the functioning of the Branch Party
Units of the concerned Panchayat.

" vi) AIADMK YOUTH CAMPS & YOUNG GIRLS CAMPS:

" The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Youth
--,.. Camp (Paasarai) is being formed with the objective of
providing the people in the Villages coming under the
,..'" Panchayats, and the Wards under the Townships and
Towns, and the Zones under the Municipal
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,.. Corporations, the necessary amenities for taking the
respective areas on the path of development by
'" interacting with the concerned people.

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" In all the villages and wards under town Panchayats
and cities and the wards coming within the Municipal
,._ Corporations, the 'AIADMK Youth Camp' will be formed.

,..'" In this camp, youths between the ages of 18 and 25

will be admitted for membership.
,.. Each Camp (Paasarai) is to be constituted with a
minimum membership of 27. To administer the said
" camp, 9 office bearers, comprising one Chairperson,
'" 2 Deputy Chairpersons, one Secretary, 2 Joint
" Secretaries, 2 Deputy Secretaries and one Treasurer
" will be appointed.
-- These camps will function as a wing of the AIADMK
"... Party .

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As far as the wards of Chennai Corporation are
concerned, with the approval of the Party Co-ordinator
and Joint Co-ordinator, more than one AIADMK Youth
Camp may be formed in each ward. Members of the
"... 'AIADMK Youth Camp' crossing the age of 25, will be
absorbed in the MGR Youth Wing and the J Jayalalithaa
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" Similarly, "AIADMK Young Girls Camp", will also be

" formed with a minimum membership of 27 persons in
" each Camp (Paasarai).
" The members of "AIADMK Young Girls Camp', after
" crossing the age of 25 will be absorbed in the Party
" Women's Wing and the main Party Units as office
'" bearers and members.

" RULE·7: PARTY UNITS AT TOWN PANCHAYAT LEVEL

",".. i) Within the limit of the Panchayat one Panchayat Party
Unit shall be formed. Within the said Panchayat Wards,
separate branches shall be formed in the name of Ward
'" Party Unit.
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'" ii) The primary members of every Ward Party Unit shall
elect the six functionaries such as Chairman, Secretary,

'"'" Joint Secretary, two Deputy Secretaries and Treasurer,

3 representatives of the higher unit and 9 executive
" committee members. Among these, the posts of one
" Joint Secretary, one Deputy Secretary, one

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representative and 3 Executive Committee Members
are exclusively reserved for women.
~ " iii) The Executive Committee meeting of the Town
... Panchayat Party Unit shall be held at least once in
2 months and the General Body meeting shall be held
" at least once in 4 months. If not so convened, higher
" organizational units are entitled to convene the
"'" iv)
meeting.
The Ward Party Unit Secretary and the Representative
" of the higher unit within the Town Panchayat together
"" shall constitute the primary members of the Town
Panchayat Party Unit. They shall together elect the six

"" functionaries such as Chairman, Secretary, Joint

Secretary, Two Deputy Secretaries, Treasurer and

" three District Representatives of the Town Panchayat

"" Party Unit. Among these, the posts of Joint Secretary,

one Deputy Secretary, one representative
exclusively reserved for women.
are

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" v) The Secretaries of the Ward Party Units along with the

"--,.. Representative of the higher unit, the Town Party Unit

Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretary, two Deputy
Secretaries, Treasurer, District Representatives

--" constitute the Town Panchayat Level Party Unit. The

members of the Town Panchayat Level Party Unit so
formed should meet among themselves and elect
.".. 12 persons as the Executive Committee Members.
Of these, 4 posts are exclusively reserved for women.
" vi) The Executive Committee of the inner Branch of the
" Town Panchayat Unit should be convened once in 6
'" months and the General Council should be convened
"'" once in a year. If not so convened, higher
organizational units are entitled to convene the
'" meeting.
'" RULE·8: MUNICIPAL TOWN PARTY UNITS

'"'" i) There shall be formed only one Municipal Town Party

Unit for one Municipal Town. In the Wards of such
,"._ Municipal Town separate units shall be formed by the
name of "Vatta Kazhagam".
" ii) The primary member's of every ward unit shall meet
" and elect five functionaries, viz. the Chairman, The
.".. Secretary, two Deputy Secretaries, and Treasurer,
three representatives for higher committees, and 12

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executive committee members. Among these the
posts, one Deputy Secretary, one representative for
'" higher unit and four executive committee members are
-- exclusively reserved for women.
" iii) The secretaries of ward units and higher unit
'"" representatives of the ward units within the limits of a
town shall constitute the General Members of the
" respective town unit. They will meet and elect five

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functionaries of the town unit, (viz) the Chairman, the
Secretary, two Deputy Secretaries and Treasurer, and
three District unit representatives, of these, the posts
,". of one deputy secretary and one district representative
are exclusively reserved for women.

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" iv) The Town unit will consist of ward unit secretaries,
",.. higher unit representatives and the functionaries
" elected for town unit, the Chairman, Secretary, Deputy
Secretaries, treasurer and District unit
representatives. The members of the Town unit thus
,".. constituted will meet and elect among themselves 12
executive committee members, of which four posts
~ " shall be exclusively reserved for women.
v) The Executive Committee of the Town Party Unit will
" meet atleast once in two months and General Body
"" Meeting will be convened atleast once in four months.
If no such party meetings are convened, the
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convene such meetings.
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,._ vi) The Executive Committee Meeting of the ward party
,.. units in the Municipal Town shall be held atleast once in
six months and the Meeting of the Primary members

"".._'" shall be held atleast once in a year, failing which the

organisation at the higher level of the party may
convene such meetings .
RULE·9:
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.._ TOWNSHIP PARTY UNITS

... i) There shall be formed within the limits of a Township, a

Township Kazhagam.
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within the limits of a township will meet and elect five

..._".. functionaries of the township unit, viz, the Chairman,

Secretary, two Deputy Secretaries, Treasurer and
higher unit representatives according to the member of
wards in the township and 12 executive committee

""
members; Of these, the posts of one third of higher
unit representatives, one deputy secretary and the
"" executive committee membership shall be exclusively
reserved for women.

,".. iii) The Executive Committee of the Township Party unit of

the Kazhagam shall meet once in two months and the
" General Body will meet once in six months. In case of

" failure to convene such meetings, the organisation at

the higher level will have the powers to convene such
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" iv) For the Ward Party units in a township area, the

",.. Executive Committee meeting shall be held once in

" three months while the General Body Meeting shall be

held atleast once in six months. In case of failure to do

"" so, the organisation at the higher level will have the
powers to convene such meetings.

" RULE-10: PANCHAYAT UNION PARTY UNITS

"" i) In every Panchayat Union area there shall be formed a
Union Kazhagam.
"'" ii) The Union Party Unit and the Panchayat Branch Unit

'"'" within the Panchayat Union, the Secretaries, higher

... organizational representatives, the Town Panchayats

and also the Town Party Unit Secretaries shall elect the

'" representative Union Party unit's Chairman, Secretary,

'" Joint Secretary, 2 Deputy Secretaries, Treasurer and 3

District Representatives. Among these posts, the Joint
",._ Secretary, one Deputy Secretary and one District
'" Representative
women.
shall be reserved exclusively for

"" iii) The members of Union unit comprising of Branch unit

" secretaries, higher unit representatives and

.".. functionaries of union unit will meet and elect among

themselves 12 executive committee members, of which

"'" one third of the posts are exclusively reserved for

women.

.".. iv) The Meeting of the main Party Unit of the Panchayat

.". Union will be held atleast once in six months and its
Executive Committee will meet atleast once in three
months. In case of failure in this regard, the

" organisation at the higher level will have the powers to

"" RULE ·11:

convene the meeting.

DISTRICT LEVEL PARTY UNITS

" i) For the purposes of Party Rules and Regulations,
" District Kazhagams shall be formed as per the
"" provisions in sub-rule (ii) below.

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ii) For the purpose of Party Rules and regulations, District
Party Units have to be formed in each of the areas
mentioned hereunder.

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"• 1. North Chennai North 27. Coimbatore Urban

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3.
North Chennai South
South Chennai North
28. Coimbatore Rural
29. Nilgiris
" 4. South Chennai South 30. Tiruchy Urban
"" 5. Kancheepuram East 31. Tiruchy Rural

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7.
Kancheepuram Central
Kancheepuram West
32. Perambalur
33. Ariyalur
" 8. Thiruvallur North 34. Karur
" 9. Thiruvallur South
"" 10. Vellore Rural East
35. Thanjavur North
36. Thanjavur South

" 11. Vellore Rural West 37. Nagapattinam

"" 12. Thiruvannamalai North

13. Thiruvannamalai South
38. Thiruvarur
39. Pudukottai
"" 14. Cuddalore East 40. Madurai Urban

" 15. Cuddalore West 41. Madurai Rural

"... 16. Villupuram North

17. Villupuram South
42. Theni
43. Dindigul
"" 18. Krishnagiri 44. Virudhunagar

,". 19. Dharmapuri 45. Sivagangai

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20. Salem Urban 46. Ramanathapuram
21. Salem Rural 47. Tirunelveli Urban

..• 22. Namakkal

23. Erode Urban
48. Tirunelveli Rural
49. Thoothukudi

,. 24. Erode Rural 50. Kanniyakumari

•• 25. Tiruppur Urban

26. Tiruppur Rural

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"" iii) The Secretaries of Panchayat Units, Town Panchayat

Units, Township Units and the Circle Party Units, the
'"... Secretaries of Township Party Units and the
Representatives of higher units shall elect a District

" Party Secretary of these Districts, i.e. those who vote

for the Secretaryship of the Union, and Municipal Town
" Party Units in the District, the Secretaries of the
"" Township Party Units and the Representatives of the
higher units shall be entitled to elect the District
'" Kazhagam Secretary.
"'",._ iv) The Secretaries of Town Panchayat, Town, Township
and Union Party Units in a District as well as the

"",.
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District Representatives shall be the primary members
of that District Party Unit.

v) The primary members of the District Party unit shall

'" meet and elect four functionaries, viz. the Chairman,
'",._ two Deputy Secretaries, and treasurer, 12 executive
committee members and General Council members in

...,._-- proportion to the number of Assembly constituencies in

the respective districts. Of these the posts of one
deputy secretary, one-third of General Council

,".. members and 4 executive committee members shall be

exclusively reserved for women. If a woman is not
elected as District Party Secretary, a woman shall be
'" nominated by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator
" as District Joint Secretary, on a par with district
'"" secretary.

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vi) District Council shall meet atleast once in six months
and the Executive Committee meeting shall be held
once in three months.

" In case of failure to convene the meeting as laid down,

"" it is open to the Party Headquarters to convene such

meetings.

" vii) The Office Bearers of the District Party Units and the
"" elected Executive Committee Members will constitute
the Executive Committee of the District Party Unit.
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".... RULE·12: CHENNAI CITY PARTY UNITS

" i) District Party Units comprising the particular Assembly
-- Constituencies of North Chennai District and South
"'",.. Chennai District within the limits of Chennai
Corporation shall be formed as District Party units.
ii) A Division party unit shall be constituted in every
",...
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division within city limits.
iii) Division Party Units shall be formed in Divisions
1 to 155 falling within Chennai Corporation limits.
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" iv) The primary members of every District Unit shall meet
and elect viz. the Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretary,
.._ Two Deputy Secretaries, Treasurer, two or more
~ Divisional Section Secretaries, three higher unit
... representatives and Executive Committee members .
Of these, the posts of Joint Secretary, one Deputy
'"
,._ Secretary, one higher unit representative and 4
,._ Executive Committee Members shall be exclusively
reserved for women.
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v) The General Body Meeting of each Party unit of the
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Division will meet atleast once in six months, while the
Executive Committee Meeting shall be held atleast once
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in two months. In case of failure to convene such

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meetings, the organisation at higher levels of the Party
will have powers to convene such meetings.
vi) The office bearers and the Executive Committee

~'" Members of the Division Party unit will constitute the

Executive Committee of the Division Party Unit.

" RULE-13: PAGUTHI KAZHAGAM (Assembly Constituency Party Units)

" i) The Secretaries and higher unit representatives of the
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Divisional units within the limits of an Area Party Unit
shall meet and elect the Chairman, Secretary, Joint
" Secretary, 2 Deputy Secretaries, Treasurers and
" District Unit representatives. Of these, the posts of

" Jolnt Secretary and the Deputy Secretary and one

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" District Unit Representative are exclusively reserved for

"-- women.

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"" ii) The general members of the Area party unit will

... comprise of secretaries of Division units within the

limits of Area party units, higher unit representatives

.". and functionaries of Area Party unit.

The general members will meet and elect among

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themselves 12 executive committee members, of which
the posts of 4 exective committee members shall be
reserved exclusively for women.

"" iii) The Office Bearers of Paguthi Kazhagam and its

Executive Committee Members will constitute the
"
A
Executive Committee of that Paguthi Kazhagam.
iv) The Paguthi Kazhagam Executive Committee Meeting
" shall be held at least once in two months and the
'"_.. General Body Meeting of the Paguthi Kazhagam shall

-- meet atleast once in six months. In case of failure to

convene such meetings, the organisation at the higher
level will have the power to convene those meetings.
'"
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RULE ·14 : CHENNAI CITY DISTRICT PARTY UNIT
'"'" i) The Secretaries of the Division Party units of the
Madras City within the limits of the District Kazhagam
'"
.._ and the Representatives for higher unit, shall meet
together and elect the Secretary of that District
" Kazhagam. i.e. all those who vote for electing the

..
'" Secretary of the Paguthi Kazhagam shall be entitled to
vote for electing the Secretary of the District
Kazhagam.
-.'" ii) The Secretaries of the Division Party units within the
'" limits of the District Kazhagam, the District
Representatives and the Secretaries of the Paguthi
...'" Kazhagams will constitute the General Council
• members of the District Kazhagam.

" iii) The General members of the District party unit will

..
-- meet and elect four functionaries viz. Chairman of
District party unit, two deputy secretaries and

"..
treasurer, 12 executive committee members and
General Council members in proportion to the number
of Assembly constituencies in each district; of these,
"
""
"...
"
."..
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"" the posts of one deputy secretary, 4 Executive

" committee members and one third of General Council

"... members shall be reserved exclusively for women. If

a women is not elected as District Party Secretary, a
... women shall be nominated by the Co-ordinator and
Joint Co-ordinator as District Joint Secretary on par
'" with District Secretary.
..." iv) The office bearers of the District Party unit and the
... Secretaries of the Paguthi Kazhagam and the Executive
Committee Members will together constitute the
" Executive Committee of the District Party unit.
"
" v) The Executive Committee Meeting of the District Party
units shall be held atleast once in three months and
.".. that of the meeting of the General Body atleast once in
six months. In case of failure to do so, the
"" organisation at the higher level will convene such
meetings.
"
...-- RULE ·15 : MADURAI, COIMBATORE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI,
AND TIRUNELVELI CITY DISTRICTS.
SALEM

""
Rules 12, 13 and 14 pertaining to Chennai City Party Units
shall be applicable to the above City Districts.

"
II1II A) WOMEN'S RESERVATION
... At all levels of the Party units, the post of Joint Secretary
II1II shall be reserved exclusively for women.
II1II In the District, Union, Town Panchayats, Township
... Panchayats, Circle and Ward Party Units, one post of Joint
Secretary shall be reserved, exclusively for women.
"
" RULE· 16: STATE COUNCIL SET UP
" i) In the other States of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,
" Maharashtra and Kerala as well as in New Delhi and the
" Union Territories of Andaman, a State Party Unit shall
" be formed incorporating all the Party Units of
"" Panchayat, Town Panchayat, Municipal Town, Township
as well as City Corporation Party Units falling within the
"" limits of the respective States.

""
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
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" ii) All the state Kazhagams of other states shall have the
"" status equal to that of the District Kazhagams formed
in Tamil Nadu.
"
" iii) The rules of the Party units and Election procedures in
Tamil Nadu shall be applicable to those formed in the
"" other States.

" iv) The secretaries of Branch units and higher unit

"" representatives shall meet and elect state party

secretary, chariman of the council, two deputy
secretaries and treasurer, 12 executive committee
" members, and General Council members the number of
"" which shall be fixed by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-
ordinator in according to the number of party members
" in the respective states; of these, the posts of one
"" deputy secretary, 4 executive committee members and
one third of the General Council members shall be
" reserved for woman.

" v) The Executive Committee Meetings of the State Party

" unit shall be held atleast once in three months and that

""
of the meeting of the General Body atleast once in six
months. If not so convened, the Party Headquarters
" shall have the right to convene such meetings.

" RULE· 17 : PUDUCHERRY STATE

" i) Within the State of Puducherry - Village and Town Party
"" units shall be formed.
ii) Each of the Party unit thus formed shall follow similar
" rules or set up as applicable to the Party units in the
-- State of Tamil Nadu.
"" iii) The area of Puducherry and the area of Karaikkal in the
Pondicherry State shall have the status equal to that of
" a District Kazhagam.
"
"" iv) The secretaries of Puducherry Paguthi (area) and
Karaikal Paguthi (area) shall be elected by the branch
units in the same manner as the District party
" secretaries in Tamil Nadu are elected. Moreover, the
"" Chairman, two deputy secretaries, treasurer,

"
"...
",.
...
"..
",..
...
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"
",.. 12 executive committee members and Genral Council

" members, numbers of which shall be decided by the

Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator according to the
membership, shall also be elected. Among these, the
" posts of one deputy secretary, 4 executive committee
" members and one third of the General Council
" members are exclusively reserved for women. Like
"
~
women being nominated as Joint District Secretaries in
Tamil Nadu, here also Joint Secretaries can be
~
nominated by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.
~
~ RULE· 18 : FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
i) The responsibility and functions of the above
"_._ mentioned Office bearers of the Party units at different
_._ levels will be as follows:
~ ii) CHAIRMAN:

"
.._ He will preside over and conduct the General Body and
the Executive Committee Meetings. In his absence, the

,".. meeting shall be presided over and conducted by one

of the members.

"
.._ iii) SECRETARY:
The Secretary of the Party unit will be responsible for
.._
the administration and execute the decisions of the
--. respective Executive Committee. In case of
~ emergency, where the Secretary is not in a position to
,._ convene the Executive Committee Meeting, he should
,... get the deicisions taken by him ratified within fifteen
,... days by the Executive Committee. He should submit
any file required by the Audit Committee for scrutiny.
"
" iv) THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY:

",.. The Assistant Secretary will carry out such functions as

" may be entrusted by the Secretary besides exercising

the functions of the Secretary only in his absence and
with his consent.
"" v) TREASURER:

" With the approval of the Secretary, he will be custodian

" of the funds collected by the Party. He will disburse

"" the amounts out of the Party funds as directed by the

"
..
"
""
"
""
"
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"
" Executive Committee and the Secretary to meet the
"
... expenditure. He will maintain the accounts of receipts
and expenditure and place them before the Executive
Committee and the General Body through the
"" Secretary. He will keep deposits on behalf of the Party
... unit, in the banks authorised by the Executive
Committee.
"
" vi) Should a contingency of absence or void of Office
Bearers in a Party unit arise, the person elected by the
" Executive Committee members will exercise the
" functions on adhoc basis till regular Office bearers of
" the set-up are elected within one month.
"
~
RULE· 19 : GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL ORGANISATION
i) The General Council of the AIADMK shall consist of the
"
,._ Chairman, Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator, Deputy
Co-ordinators, Treasurer, Headquarters Secretaries of
"" the Party, the members of the Central Executive
" Cornmlttee, the members of the General Council
" elected from the Districts and other States, the

",._ Members of the Audit Committee, Property Protection

Committee, and the Parliamentary Board. The General
Council shall be the Supreme body of the Party with all
" powers of the Kazhagam.
" ii) The Secretaries of Union Kazhagams, the Secretaries of
"" the Municipal Town Kazhagams and Township
Kazhagams, the District Secretaries, the Chairman,
" Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of the District
" Kazhagam etc. in Tamil Nadu as well as the Secretaries
""
.. of State Kazhagams and the Chairman, Assistant
Secretary, Treasurer of the State Kazhagams of other
States shall be the members of the General Council by

"-. virtue of their offices.

-.
.. iii) The General Council members shall be elected from
each District Kazhagam in such numbers equivalent to
the total number of Assembly Constituencies in the

"" respective district. In respect of other State including

Pondicherry, the number of the General Council

,".. members will be determined by the Co-ordinator and

Joint Co-ordinator with reference to the total number of
,..
"
""
"
"
""
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members registered in the respective State

Kazhagams.
iv) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator of the Party
jOintly can nominate not exceeding 100 Members to the
General Council of the Central Organisation from
among the members of the Party.
v) The General Council of the Central Organisation
(Headquarters) shall meet and elect the Chairman of
the Central Organisation.
vi) The meeting of the General Council of the Central
Organisation shall be presided over by the Chairman.
In his absence, one of the members of the General
Council may be temporarily nominated to preside over
the meeting of the General Council.

vii) The General Council Meeting shall be convened once in

a year or whenever it is considered necessary by the
Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator by giving 15 days
notice in advance of the date of meeting.
The quorum for the meeting shall be one-fifth of the
total number of members of the General Council. If
one-fifth of the members of the General Council
request the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator to
convene the Special Meeting of the General Council.
the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator should do so
within 30 days of the receipt of such a requisition.
viii The General Council will be the supreme authority to
) frame policies and programmes of the Party and for
their implementation. The declslon of the General
Council is final and binding on all the members of the
Party.
ix) A General Council will have five years tenure.
However, the tenure shall get extended till the new
General Council Meeting is convened.
" RULE· 20: GENERAL SECRETARY
.. As per wishes of the members of the party and the
.. party cadre, PURATCHI THALAIVI Dr.J.JAYALALITHA shall
.. be the eternal General Secretary of the party and no person

"
"..-.
"..
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....
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'".- shall be elected / appointed / nominated to that post.

" The Post of General Secretary stands abolished.

" RULE· 20·A: CO-ORDINATOR AND JOINT CO-ORDINATOR

"
" i) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator shall be
"" primary members of the party for a continuous period
of five years.
" ii) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator shall be
'" elected by the members of the General Council.

" iii) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator elected as per

" sub rule (ii) shall hold the post for a period of 5 years.

" iv) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator shall

~ " discharge / perform their duties, obligations and

functions and shall exercise their powers as per the
rules and regulations jOintly.
" v) The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator of the Party
"'" will be responsible for the entire administration of the
Party.
.".. vi) The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator will constitute
the Executive Committee of the Central Organisation
.".. consisting of the Co-Ordinator and
Co-ordinator, Chairman, Treasurer, Headquarters
Joint

.".. Secretaries, District Secretaries and the nominated

members.
... vii) The members of the Central Executive Committee,
Treasurer and the Headquarters Secretaries
" nominated by the Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator
"
"..
will hold the office during the tenure of the office of
the Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator .
If for any reason the post of the Co-Ordinator

"" and Joint Co-ordinator becomes vacant before the

expiry of the tenure the office bearers who were

" nominated by the previous Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-

.". ordinator will hold office and continue to function till

the new The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator are
elected and assume office.
".. viii) The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator of the Party
"... shall have the powers and responsibilities to convene
the Executive and the General Council Meetings, to
implement policies and programmes of the Party as

'"
"
....
~

..
."..
...
...
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--" decided by the General and Executive Councils, to

",".. conduct elections and bye elections for Party

Organisations, to examine the accounts of all the
Party units through the Audit Committee, to manage
by self and through the Treasurer the income and
"
lit
expenditure of the Party organizations at all levels, to
manage the Party Office, movable and immovable
"
.-
properties of the Party, to represent the Party in the
legal proceedings that may arise in respect of Party
~ properties and to take necessary legal steps on behalf
of the Party to protect them.
"
~ The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator will
preside over the Party conferences take all kinds of
--
~
disciplinary proceedings in accordance with the Party
rules against the Party units and its office bearers who

"" violate the Party rules, regulations or act against the

Party interest, party discipline, policies and
"" programmes, including immediate suspension of any
Party unit or office bearer. The Co-Ordinator and
11\
Joint Co-ordinator shall be the supreme authority to
.".. take a final decision on the disciplinary proceedings
recommended by the Party units and shall have over
all powers to take all steps to promote and preserve
'" the Party policies and programmes and to develop and
"'" protect the Party organizations.
... ix) The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator
empowered to take such actions as he may deem fit
are

" on important political events, policies and

"" programmes of urgent nature which cannot brook
delay and await the meeting of either Executive
Committee or General Council of the Party. Such
-- decisions and actions have to be ratified by the
"" General Council in its next meeting. However, it is
open to the Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator to

"" obtain the views of the General Council Members on

such urgent matters by post when the Council is not in
session.
" x) The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator are
"" empowered to deposit the funds of the AIADMK in any
of the legally constituted Banks or Financial
"" Institutions either in Current Accounts or Fixed
Deposits; to withdraw such funds and to operate the

"" accounts on behalf of the Party. The Co-Ordinator and

"
""
"
"
"
""
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.- Joint Co-ordinator are also empowered to obtain loans

~ for the Party purposes from the above mentioned
institutions on the security of the assets of the Party
" and to do all that is necessary in this regard for and
"",. xi)
on behalf of the Party.
The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator are vested
with powers to authorize the Treasure of the Party to
"" operate on his behalf the Bank Accounts namely to
deposit or to withdraw funds, and also in respect of
,". xii)
duties mentioned in sub-rule ex) of this Rule.
The Authorisation Forms addressed to the Election

..
" Officers for the allotment of the Two Leaves Symbol to
the candidates contesting on behalf of the AIADMK
shall be signed only by the Co-Ordinator and
-- Joint Co-ordinator.
" xiii) The Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator are vested
" with the right to nominate Joint Secretaries or Deputy
"" Secretaries, in case of need to Branch units, Union,
Town, Township and District Units and other state

"
~
units, besides elected functionaries. Moreover, the
Co-Ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator are also vested
with the Powers to nominate women in the posts, to
"
~
compensate and give due representation to women if
... in any of the party units at any level, women do not
elected represent one third of the posts.

"" RULE· 20-8: DEPUTY CO-ORDINATORS

"" i) The Deputy Co-ordinators shall be elected by the

General Council from among the primary members of

"..
the party. They shall be primary members of the party
for a continuous period of five years.
ii) They shall hold the post for a period of five years
'It
iii) The Deputy Co-Ordinators shall discharge/ perform
"~
their duties, obligations and functions and shall excise
their powers as per the rules and regulations.

.". RULE· 20·C: ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The members to Advisory Committee shall be selected /
,". nominated by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator. They
shall provide advise for the growth and success of the

" Kazhagam

""
"
"",.
,.
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...
....
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"
A " RULE· 21: DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY
Deleted.
".- RULE· 22: TREASURER

" i) The Treasurer of the Kazhagam will be nominated by

the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.
"
"",.. ii) The
and
Treasurer with the approval of the Co-ordinator
Joint Co-ordinator and on their behalf will maintain
the accounts relating to the Receipts and Expenditure
" and the properties of the AIADMK.
"
... iii) The Treasurer will be responsible to maintain accounts
for the money received through Co-ordinator and Joint
" Co-ordinator out of membership fees, the receipts out
" of the State Conferences, the Headquarters share out
"-- of the balance of amount raised during the District
Conference, money realized from establishments, the
" income out of movable and immovable assets, the
" funds raised from donations on behalf of the Party and

" the proceeds out of drama, dance, special conferences,

" film shows and from all other sources, treating

amounts as receipt for the Central Organisation, with
" the permission of the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-
"" ordinator. He has to disburse the amounts towards the
expenditure items required by the Co-ordinator and
" Joint Co-ordinator and the General Executive
",. Committee and keep accounts of the receipts and
" payments thereof.
iv) The Party funds received shall be credited into Bank
" account in the name of either the Co-ordinator, Joint
"" Co-ordinator or the Treasurer and held in a Bank. For
the purpose of the Party expenditure, the withdrawals
" from the Bank Account shall be through cheques signed

"... either by the Co-ordinator, Joint Co-ordinator or by the

Treasure by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

"
'It
v) The Treasurer shall submit any file required by the
Audit Committee for perusal.
"
"
"
"
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"...
"
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"
" RULE· 23: CHAIRMAN

"" i) The Members of the General Council will elect the

Chairman of the Central Organisation of the Party.
" ii) The Chairman will preside over and conduct the
"" proceedings of the Central Executive Committee and
the General Council Meetings. In the absence of the
" Chairman, one of the Members present will temporarily
" preside over and conduct the meetings.

" RULE· 24: HEADQUARTERS SECRETARIES

" The Headquarters Secretaries will carry out such
"" responsible as may be assigned to them by the
""" Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.
RULE·25: CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
"" i) The party Executive Committee will function with the
following office bearers,. They are the Co-ordinator
" and Joint Co-ordinator, Deputy Co-ordinators,
" Presidium Chairman, Treasurer, Headquarters
.".. Secretaries,
Progpaganda
Election
Secretary,
Wing Secretary,
Legal Consultant,
Party
Party

" Legislative Assembly Committee Consultant, Party

.". Organizational Secretaries, All India M.G.R. Manram

Secretary, Puratchi Thalavi Peravai Secretary, M.G.R..
Youth Wing Secretary, Women's Wing Secretary,
",.. Students' Wing Secretary, Anna Thozhir Sangam
Secretary Advocates' Wing Secretary, Minorities

" Welfare Wing Secretary, Agriculture Wing Secretary,

Fisheries Wing Secretary, Medical Wing Secretary and
" Literary Wing Secretary. All the above shall be
"" recognized as the Party's Executive Committee
Members. If the representation of the women in the

"" total number of Executive Committee Members is less

than one-third, women members shall be nominated by
the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.
" ii)
"
""
""
""
"..
"
"..
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iii) Fourteen days notice should be given for ordinary

meetings and seven days notice for urgent meetings of
the Central Executive Committee.
RULE· 26 : HEADQUARTERS OF THE AIADMK
i) The Headquarters of the AIADMK shall function from
Tamil Nadu.
ii) The Headquarters office will be located in Chennai for
attending the day to day functions of the Party and for
maintaining contacts with all the units of the Party.
iii) One of the Secretaries of the Central Organisation
nominated by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator
will be in-charge of Headquarters Office.

RULE· 27: AUDIT COMMITTEE

i) Three persons elected by the Members of the General

Council will constitute the Audit Committee.
These persons elected to the Audit Committee will not
hold any other office except being the primary
members of the Party.

ii) They will audit all the income and expenditure of the
Party and submit their report.

" RULE· 28 : PROPERTY PROTECTION COMMITTEE

" i) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator, the
" Chairman, Treasurer and other two persons to be
" elected by the General Council - Total six will
" constitute the Property Protection Committee.
ii) The Property Protection Committee will have control
over all the movable and immovable properties of the
Party.
iii) All the existing immovable and movable properties
shall be deemed to have come under the full control of
the Property Protection Committee.
iv) The properties that may be acquired in future for the
AIADMK shall be recorded in the deeds as purchased
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" on behalf of and for the AIADMK by the Co-ordinator

" and Joint Co-ordinator.

" v) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator shall

" purchase or dispose of the property of the Party only

" on the decision of the Property Protection Committee.

" vi) The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator shall have the
",.. right of taking all legal steps and conducting cases in
" respect of the properties, on behalf of the AIADMK.

vii) The tenure of the Office of the Property Protection

'" Committee will be the same as the General Council. If
"" the General Council ceases to exist, the Property
Protection Committee members will continue to hold

"
" office till the General Council is reconstituted.

" RULE·29: PARLIAMENTARY BOARD

" i) The Parliamentary Board will be the deciding authority

" to select candidates in respect of all elections in which

.". ii)
the Party contests.
The Parliamentary Board will consist of Co-ordinator,

'" Joint Co-ordinator and not more than fifteen other

"...
'It
members nominated by Co-ordinator and Joint
Co-ordinator from among the members of the General
Council.

"" iii) If necessary the Parliamentary Board may appoint

sub-committees to get the view of Party workers

.".. iv)
regarding the election .
During exigencies, where there is no sufficient time for
" the Parliamentary Board to meet, the Co-ordinator and

.".. Joint Co-ordinator

and get the same
shall have the power to take decision
ratified subsequently by the General

".". Council.

..
....
RULE·30: ELECTIONS TO THE PARTY UNITS
i) The Party Elections will be held in accordance with the
rules and regulations framed by the Co-ordinator and

.... Joint Co-ordinator for this purpose .

..
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....
....
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" ii) The Elections to the Office bearers for the Party units

"" shall be held once in every five years. Any extension of

tenure shall be decided by the General Council.

"" iii) Before conducting every such election the renewal of

Membership and enrolment of new members should be
• done within the target date set by the Co-ordinator and

".".. Joint Co-ordinator.

iv) The Elections to each unit shall be held on the dates
notified by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.
" v) Those who want to contest for the posts of Office
-". bearers in the Party Organisation should have been
members of the Party for five years without any break.
" Those who on their own volition had left the
"
.". Party in between or removed from the Party by the
Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator on disciplinary

",...
action will cease to be Party members. If such persons
have been readmitted into the Party, their membership
will be taken into account only from their date of
readmission and they will get the eligibility to contest

".".. the organisational elections only after five years.

The above mentioned Rule will apply to those who
are expelled from the Party for contesting against the

".... Party's official candidates in General Elections or local

body elections, even if announcements of such

.. expulsions are not released.

The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator are vested

".. with the power to relax this Rule.

.". vi) Members who have not renewed their membership

within the specified time limit will be treated only as
new members when they join the Party again.
"
".. vii) Once who is contesting for a post in the Party
organisation, should be a member of a Branch Unit
...
.... within the jurisdiction of the particular unit .

....
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...
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"" ix) If a person elected to an office in a Party unit is elected

to an office at the higher tier of the Party, he should
" resign one of his positions within 15 days from the date

"" of his election. If this is not done by the person

.... himself, the Headquarters will relieve him from one of

his positions.

x) Any election dispute in a Party unit will be settled by

"" the higher tier of the Party unit next above it. If the

.. disputes are not settled upto the district level, such

disputes will be referred to the Co-ordinator and Joint

.". xi)
Co-ordinator for final decision.

The candidate seeking elections for the Party Posts may

" appeal to the members canvassing their votes either by
"
....".
pamphlets or in person detailing their Party activities.
Excepting this any other method adopted by way of
advertisement or forming groups or by any other
method involving expenditure of money shall be
construed as election irregualrities and the candidates
•.." shall get disqualified from contesting in the Party
elections.

,". xii) The decision of the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator

.... shall be final in all election disputes.

RULE· 31 : QUORUM FOR THE MEETING OF THE MEMBERS

....
4
i) To conduct the proceedings of the Party units one-fifth
of the total members should be present in the

..,. respective units of the Party, viz. Village Panchayat

Units, District Units, and also to the Executive and

..... ii)
General Councils of the Central Organisation.

The Executive Committee members who absent

"..
themselves for three consecutive meetings without

.... permission, shall forfeit their posts. The Executive

Committee will have powers to restore them on their
written representations.

....
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....
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RULE· 32: TIME LIMIT TO CONVENE THE PARTY MEETINGS

i) Except for the Executive Committee and the General
Council meetings of the Central Party Organisation, for
the other Party units, 5 days notice should be given to
the members for convening the Exective Committee
meeting and 10 days notice for convening the Generl
Body meeting.
ii) If one-fifth of the members of a Party unit request the
Secretary of the unit concerned to convene the
meeting, the meeting should be convened within
15 days from the date of receipt of the requisition.

"
,. RULE· 33: RESIGNATIONS

".. i) A member or an office bearer of a Party unit may

resign his membership by giving the resignation in

" writing to the unit concerned.

"
.". ii) Such resignation letters shall be forwarded to the
Headquarters of the Party with the consent of the
Executive Committee of the unit.

" iii) Such person who reslqns his post shall handover the
"" Party's funds, belongings, files and accounts to the
office bearers of the Party unit or to the office bearers
,". of the Party unit next above its level or to the
Headquarters of the Party.

"
.". RULE· 34: NO CONFIDENCE
i)
MOTION
No confidence motion can be brought against the office
bearers of the Party units. One-third of the total
"
.". members of the Party unit concerned giving valid
reasons in writing may bring forward such no
confidence motion. The no confidence motion should

" be sent to the Secretary of the Party unit concerned

" forwarding copies thereof to the office bearers at the

higher level of the Party unit and also to the
"" Headquarters of the Party. If the no confidence motion
is against the Secretary of the Party unit, the motion of
" no confidence should be sent to the Secretary of the
"" next tier higher than the unit concerned.

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ii) The General Body Meeting of the unit shall be convened

to consider the no confidence motion within 15 days
from the date of its receipt.
iii) If the no confidence motion is against the Secretary of
a unit, it should be considered by the meeting presided
over by the Secretary at the higher level unit or by the
person authorised by him to take appropriate action on
the motion.
iv) If the General Body Meeting is not convened, the
Secretary of higher level unit or the Central
Organisation of the Party may convene the meeting for
taking decision on the no confidence motion.
v) A no confidence motion shall be deemed to be passed
only if two-third (2/3rd) of the total members of the
Party unit concerned vote for it.
vi) The Office bearer who is removed from his post by no
confidence motion shall handover the charge to the
other office bearer of the Party unit along with the
Party funds, belongings, papers and accounts.
vii) The no confidence motion passed should be sent to the
Headquarters of the Party.
viii) The office bearer so removed from office may send his
appeal either to the higher level unit or to the
Co-ordinatorand Joint Co-ordinator. The decision of the
Co-ordinatorand Joint Co-ordinatoron the appeal shall be
final.

RULE·35: DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

i) All the members, the units of the Party and the office
bearers of the units are subject to the disciplinary
control and the rules and regulations of the Party.

ii) Disciplinary proceedings may be taken against those

members or office bearers of the Party, who act against
the policies and principles of the Party, indulge in
actions lowering the prestige of the party, disobey the
party rules and regulations and the Party units at the
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A higher level, fail to implement the Party decisions and
• instead act against the discipline of the Party.

"" iii) When disciplinary action is taken, two-third of the

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members of the Party unit concerned should be
present.

iv) Disciplinary proceedings shall include admonition,

"" warning, suspension, removal for a specific period from

the Party and expulsion from the Party.

"
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It v) If a person charged under the sub-rule (ii) above has to
be removed from his/her position
Secretary of the unit at higher level
immediately the
can suspend him.
" If his/her expulsion from the Party is necessary the

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same may be recommended to the
Joint Co-ordinator.
Co-ordinator and

"..
.. vi) When a disciplinary proceeding against a member or a
unit is contemplated, a charge sheet should be issued
spelling our charges to him or to the unit and calling for

".... explanation within 7 days as to why disciplinary action

should not be taken against him or the Party unit .

..
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vii) Disciplinary action may be taken, against a member or
an office bearer of the Party unit by the Executive
,.. Committee of the Party unit or by the Party unit next
higher to it or by the Co-ordinator and Joint
'It Co-ordinator.

",..
'It viii) Disciplinary action against a Party unit may be taken
either by the Party unit at the higher level or by the

..
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Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

The disciplinary action taken shall be deemed to have

...". come into force from the date of initiating disciplinary

action. On appeal by the aggrieved person against the
disciplinary action, the Co-ordinator and Joint
'It Co-ordinator may stay the disciplinary action till the

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disposal of the appeal

A person or an unit against whom disciplinary action

.... has been taken should hand over the belongings,

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" papers, accounts in his possession and responsibilities

"" in the Party to the office bearer or to any other office

bearer of the higher level unit.

" xi) The appeal petitions received against the disciplinary

"" action shall be considered by the Co-ordinator and
Joint Co-ordinator either directly or through a person or

" a Committee authorised and justice rendered.

" xii) If immediate disciplinary action is considered

"
.". necessary, the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator
shall have power to remove or suspend any primary
member or office bearer from the Party. If those

"" persons against whom such disciplinary action is taken

apologise both in writing and in person before the Co-

" ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator for their action, the

"" Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator shall have power to

.. consider such apology, pardon them and drop such

disciplinary proceedings.

."... xiii) The decision of the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator

on the disciplinary action shall be final. Those who

.... approach the Courts against any such decision, shall

forfeit their membership by virtue of violations of Rule

.... 5.

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RULE ·36: PURATCHI THALAIVAR MGR MANRAM:
i) The Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Manram formed in the

...". name of Puratchi Thalaivar MGR is devoted to serving

the Public without any self-interest .

.. ii) The Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Manram will function at the

District, Union, City and Town levels .

...". iii) The Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Manram being a subsidiary

unit of the Party will function subject to the Rules and

.... iv)
Regulations of the Party.
The Administrative Organisation of the Puratchi

.... Thalaivar MGR Manram will be under the direct control

of the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator .

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RULE· 37: PURATCHI THALAIVI J JAYALALITHAA PERAVAI

i) The Organisation Puratchi Thalaivi Peravai formed in
the name of Eternal General Secretary shall consist of
persons who serve the cause of public without any self
interest.
ii) The Puratchi Thalaivi Peravai will function at District,
Panchayat Union, City, Division, Town Panchayat, Ward
and Panchayat levels.
iii) Puratchi Thalaivi Peravai, being a Subsidiary-unit of the
Kazhagam will function only subject to the Rules and
Regulations of the Kazhagam.
iv) The administrative set up of the Peravai will function
under the direct control of the Co-ordinator and Joint
Co-ordinator.
v) For the members of the J Jayalalithaa Peravai, the
upper age limit is fixed at 40. After crossing 40, they
will be absorbed in the Party as office-bearers and
members.
RULE· 38: STUDENTS WING
i) The Students Wing will function as an adjunct of the
Party subject to the discipline and control of the
AIADMK.
ii) The Students Wing will function at the District, Union,
City and Divisional level. For these, the posts of
Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Joint
Secretaries, Treasurer have been created. Also each
College will have one party organization of students.
iii) The AIADMK students organization will function under
the direct supervision of the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-

.. ordinator .

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.. RULE ·39: WOMEN'S
i)
WING
The Women's Wing of the AIADMK will be an adjunct to

.... the Party and function under the control of the Party.
The same rules which govern the adjunct associations

.... will apply to this also.

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".. ii) The function and administrative patterns of these

bodies will be under the direct supervision of the
• Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

" iii) The Women's Wing will function as an adjunct of the

" AIADMK Party subject to its discipline and control.

" The Women's Wing will function at the District, Union,

" City, Town Panchayat and Divisional level. The posts of
,". Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary and Joint
Secretaries are being created for that purpose.

"
" RULE·40: MGR YOUTH WING

"" i) The M.G.R. Youth Wing will function as an adjunct of

the AIADMK Party subject to its discipline.
"
""... ii) The posts of Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary,
Joint Secretaries, Deputy Secretary and Treasurer will

,. be appointed by the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-

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ordinator of the Party for functioning at the level of the
Union, City, town Panchayat and Division .
The administrative set up for the organization and its
...
.... Party unit shall be under the direct control of the
Party's Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator .

... iv) For the MGR Youth Wing, the upper age limit is fixed at

.... 35. After crossing 35, the members will be absorbed in

the Party as office bearers and members .

.. RULE·41: ANNA TRADE UNION FEDERATION

" i) The Anna Trade Union Federation will function as an

.....
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ii)
adjunct of the AIADMK Party .
The administrative set up and day to day function of

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the AIADMK Trade Union Federations shall be under
the direct control of the Party's Co-ordinator and
Joint Co-ordinator .

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RULE41·A - Advocates Wing:
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ii)
The Advocates Wing will function as an adjunct of the
AIADMK Party subject to its. discipline .
It will function at the District level.
For the wing, the
"• Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretaries and Treasurer
will be appointed by the Party's Co-ordinator and Joint
" Co-ordinator.

".".. iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the
Wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's
Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator
"._... RULE41·8 - Minorities Welfare Wing:
i) The Minorities Welfare Wing will function as an adjunct
...,. of the AIADMK Party subject to its discipline .
ii) It will function at the District, Union, City, town

"" Panchayat and Divisional level. For the wing, the

.. Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretaries and Treasurer

will be appointed by the Party's Co-ordinator and Joint

".. Co-ordinator.

.. iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the
Wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's

.". Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

RULE41·C - Agricultural Wing:

"..
.... i)

ii)
The Agricultural Wing will function as an adjunct of the
AIADMK Party subject to its discipline .
It will function at the District Union level. For the wing,
the Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretaries and
""
.. Treasurer will be appointed by the Party's Co-ordinator
and Joint Co-ordinator ..

• iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the

....
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Wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's
Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator .

.... RULE41·0 - Fisheries Wing:

.... i) The Fisheries Wing will function as an adjunct of the

AIADMK Party subject to its discipline .

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.". ii) It will function at the District, Union, City and Divisional
level. For the wing, the Chairman, Secretary, Joint

"• Secretaries and Treasurer will be appointed by the

Party's Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

" iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the

" Wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's

•"
Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.
RULE 41·E - Medical Wing:
"
"" i) The Medical Wing will function as an adjunct of the
AIADMK Party subject to its discipline.
"
."... ii) It will function at the District level. For the wing, the
Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretaries, and Treasurer
will be appointed by the Party's Co-ordinator and Joint
Co-ordinator.
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iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the
Wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's

.. Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

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RULE 41·F - Literary Wing:

.... i) The Literary Wing will function as an adjunct of the

AIADMK Party subject to its discipline.

.... ii) It will function at the District and Union level. For the
wing, the Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretaries and
Treasurer will be appointed by the Party's Co-ordinator
and Joint Co-ordinator.

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iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the
Wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's
Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

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.... RULE 41·G - Unorganised Drivers' Wing:
i) The Unorganised Drivers' Wing will function as an

.... ii)
adjunct of the AIADMK Party subject to its discipline.
It will function at the District, Union, Municipality and

.... Divisional level. For the wing, the President, Vice

Presidents, Secretary, Joint Secretaries, Deputy

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" Secretaries and Treasurer will be appointed by the

" Party's Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

" iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the

""
wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's Co-
ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

"" RULE 41·H - AIADMK YOUTH CAMPS &. YOUNG GIRLS CAMPS:

"" i) The Youth Camps & Young Girls Camps will function as
an adjunct of the AIADMK Party subject to its discipline.

" ii) It will function at the District, Union, Municipality, Town

" Panchayat, Branch, Ward and Division, Circle level.

"" For the wing, the President, Vice Presidents, Secretary,

Joint Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries and Treasurer will

"" be appointed by the Party's Co-ordinator and Joint

Co-ordinator.

" iii) The administrative set up and the working plans for the

" wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's

" Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator.

".". RULE· 42: TENURE

If the Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator feels that there are
genuine reasons according to changing situations, the
" Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator is vested with the power
"".. to exempt from the above mentioned Rules and Regulations

...... RULE· 43: AMENDMENTS

The General Council will have powers to frame, amend or

.... RULE 44:

delete any of the Rulesof the Party Constitution .
ASSOCIATIONS (MANRANGAL)

.... i) Organisations and Associations formed by the

non-members of the Party shall not be recognized by

.... the Party as subsidiary units. Those desirous of

starting organizations or libraries shall obtain the

.... permission of the Party's Co-ordinator and Joint

Co-ordinator. One of the Secretaries of the
Organisation will also be members of the Executive

"..
Committee of the Party Unit concerned.

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•• ii) If propaganda meetings have to be organised on behalf
•• of such Organisations or Libraries, the same shall be
done after duly informing and obtaining the consent of
•• the Secretary of the Party unit concerned.

•• iii) If for any reason consent is refused such Organisations

or Library bodies may appeal to the Co-ordinator and

•• Joint Co-ordinator.

•• iv) Each of the Library or Reading rooms not exceeding

five in number within the jurisdiction of a Village, Town
Panchayat, Municipality, Township Party Units may
•• elect one person each to the Executive Committee of
the Party Unit concerned.
•• RULE 45: Authorisation to Co-ordinator and loint

•• Co-ordinator

The Co-ordinator and Joint Co-ordinator are fully authorized

•• to relax or make alterations to any of the aforesaid Rules and
Regulations of the Party.

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•• RULE: 46: TAKES EFFECT FROM
The Rules will come into effect from 01.11.1976

•.. (1st November 1976).

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