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.I ALL INDIA ANNA ORAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGI:..r"! 'f
RULES &.. R.EGULATIONS
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! ( Inc orporat ln~_l Lih' Amendments Passed by thf~ !
,i Par-tv c. Eye-'; utive Committee Meeting I
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THE ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGArli I
Rules and Regulations of the Party

Rule Page
Contents
No. No.
j -Jarne of the Or ga.n iant io n 1
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l'o licy of tlre, Par-joy
;3 Object.s 2
-J Flag 2
5 ~ernbersl:up 2
(-:j Party Units 4
'I' Party Units at Panchayat Level 5
8 Municipal 'I'own Party Units 6
'I'ownahip Party Units 7
10 Panchayat Union Party Units 8
11 District Level Party Units 9
12 Madras City Party Units 10
13 Paguthr Kazhagam '. 11
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l..~ Madras City District PartyUmt 12
Madurai, Co-imbatQre, Tir-uch irappal li, Salem
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and Tfruiielveli City Dizstr-ict.s
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16 State GotUi.cil set .uP 13

17 Puduchetty St~te 14
18 F'unettona and Respon.sibilities 15
19 'Ge~eral Council of the Central Organisation 16
20 General, Secretary 18
21 Deputy General Secretary 20
22 Treas1tt~t . 20
23 Chan"'.1"11.an 21
24 I-i:eadquarters: Sec-retaries 21'
Cerrta-al E~eCutive Cornmi ttee 22
26 Headquarters of the AIADMK 22
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Rule
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27 Aud it Cornu iittec 23
28 Property Protection Cornt n ittee 23
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29 Par'Iiarnentat-v Borud 24 I
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~30 Elections to the Pu rt, lilljL~ 24
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~ 31 Quon.UTl for t.ho Moot i 11g-oL ,the Member-s 26
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32 Time Lirriit to Co n vc.nc: I.he Party Meet ing's 26 I
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33 Resignations
34 No Oonfidence Motion
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37 Ptrra.tehi 'I'ha.laivi .J JayaJ.alithaa Peravai 30
38 Students Wing 31
39 Women's Wing 31
40 MGR Youth Wi.ng 31
41 Anna Trade Union F'edera.tion 32
41A Advocates Wing 32
41B 'Minorities Welfare Wing 32
41 C !\,f?;;tic111tllral \lVing 33
41D :Fisheries Wing 33
41E M~'dicalWing 33
41F Liter~ Wing 34 -- -

42 Tenure 34
43 Amendrnents 34
44 ,Associations {Marrrarrga.l) 3-4
45 ,Authorisation toGeneral
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Se.oretary 35
'4-6' Take$ Effect· From 35
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THE ALL INDIA ANNA DRA VIDA IvlUNNETILJ.\. K.<\.ZHAGAM I
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AN_._' D_ R_E_. G_U_L_~~~~NS
R~L_~S_' OF THE p.~~~~ __ _j
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RULE: 1

a) NAME OF THE ORGANIS'ATION:

T1H' riarne of the Poli ttcal Or'g'an is a.tion shall be the ALL
[NDIA /\NNA DRAVIDA lVIUNNETRA KJ\ZHAGAM. Hereinafter
t.h« ,,\'(;)'(1 K ...
.l\ZI-L.l\GA....1Vf
wherever it occur-s will clnnote only AIADMK
1!111(~s!:; o t herwiae indicated.

b) ORIGIN;

The AIADlvfK has been day of October

founded on the J 7th
1872 by PURATCHI TI-LJ\LAIVAR Dr. M.O.H. to promote and
implerne nt the ideals of Late Larnerited Leader Dr. ANNA for
eatabtisrring' a claaslees , casteless, nationalist, rationalist, socialist
80ciety through democratic process wit.hiri the framework of the
Const itut ion of India.

RULE: 2: POLICY OE THE PAETY

The ALL INDiA. ANNA DRA VIDA rvn.JNNETRA KAZHAG-AJYI .

Party shall 1?e¥ tr·u~ faith and allegiance t? the Constitutl-oD. of,
luella as by' Iaw eatabfiahed and to the principles' of Soul;alisl'U,
Secularasrri and Democracy and will uphold the g-overeiw~ty.Unity
and Integrity 0'£ India.

The Party yvill striv.e to create equality among all classes' and
to establieh a de:r;n0cratie socialist society. to promote the Ianguage
and culture of Dra;vi,dian..s,_.tn etr engfhen the democratic syste'!p. and
to. strive. for more ,~utQJ;ilOnl0US powers for the States in the Indian.
. Sub-continen.t sUbj~ot to overall sovereignty of the Cerrtre Withom
jeopardising the Um1iy. and Integrity of the Nat.icm in aocordance
wrth 'the Constitution or India.' .
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RULE: ;3: OBJECTS

'I'l i. ni)jcc:tivv;-,; of the Party 'wilt 1)('-'to :-:triv(' ro I'o n ie n t and

forg(· ;'; ~-;(,llse of TTnity' muong t.he people of d ive r--i f'iod r-ult ute ,
civi livr.t i.u i-. rradi t iorrs and languages inhabiting .t.h i-. Indian Sub-
co n tine-n t .

'I'o Sll'ivf< for equal opportunities [(J1" clC'\'t'j')pTlh'rd of political.

e(:(JllUIU1C Hnd social environs' among ·the various Stat ("'S by mutual
oo-opc-ta tio n . adj ue trnerrt and adopting- a give ami ta kr- pol ioy.

To s trive for bringing necessary a mc ndrnc n ts 10 the

Co n s t.i t.ut io n the regional Iarigua g e oj" Tilt:' 1inguietao
to' declare
State~ as the official language of the respecti\.-l' StHt~:,;: wi t h a view
to rnniu tni n ing the solidarity and .unity al11011g the psople of the
diffe rc n t linguistic regions and to strive for con t in uarioe of English,
which by its long usage has talcen roots in the soil. as medium of
communication as between different linguistic States and also
between Stales and Oentral Governm.enL

RULE: 4: FLAG

The Flag will be rectangular. The length and breadth 'Will be

in 3:.2 proportion.

The "LIpper half of the Flag shall be in BLACK, and that of the
lower half in RED colour'.

The bust of ANNA in WHIT-El colour Sh~uld be superimposed

'ill the middle of the Flag with his 'forefinger pointed towards the'
opposi te direction of the. Fla~ Pole.
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RULE: 5:MEMBERSHIP

i) Only tll0s·e. ]'Qa-l~:;;:or If¢.tuaJes who are eighteen years of

age and above and who aeceEt the aims and objectives, the r'ules.
and regulations' of the Party and the decisions of the Party as fuia"l
and pledge that they wi~ not" resort to Oour't action on such matter9.'
are alone eligible to become the mernoer-s of the Par-ty.
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ii) Those wlio arc 1{lund to have been di roct.ly or iud i rc-c-rly
v}l1l1(;c{.cd or as sociated wit II 411Y ucisLe or cornrnu nal or o t.ho r
po.lit.ica l organisations. \-,\'J iI forfeit· their Mcrribe rssh ip "i, the
AIAD1vlI{ .

iii) a) Only tho~(' wh o iio lr] their Mernbersrup Cards. i:s::;ucd i;.~.

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become cligtble to v ot.e

b) Anyone \·v110 t'u ll'ils tbe 'conditions of e ligibtity as Ll.id

down by the Par ty Con.st it u Lio n can become a Member. They
should send itt their app licat.ions in the prescribed fo rm to t.he
Headquar-ter-a Office t.h roujzl: the Secretary of the Party Un i1
concer-ned and they rnust, obtain their Member-ship cards ]1) token 1)1'
their adrrrission. They can also enroll fhernse lves as Members in
the presence of the General Secretary who alone is empowered to
adrnit a person to Mernbe rah ip.

0)A.person desirous of becoming a Member of a particular

Part;y Unit· of the Organisation shall be a resident or should have
busineas interest within the area .

.d) Not less than Twenty Five per-soris should be enrolled in

tne prescribed F'orrn issued by the Headql.lar.ters·Office which shall
. be forwarded withrn a rnonth to Headqu~ers.· The Membership
Oards issued by the Headquarters should be detivered to the
member-s admitted within a week fr om the date o.f neeeipt of Card.s.

l -iv) a) A person is eligible to become a Mernb'er only in one

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l?~):~t-y'Unit.,

b)A Mernbe'r can transfer his Membership 'from one Party

Unit to another for valid reasons. The ti'ans,1:er of_Membership can
be effeo~d wrth. the consent
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of both . the Secretaries of the Party
Unit.s concer-ned by payment of trans-fer fee- to tbe Headquarters.
Howeve-r, the decision of the Generai Secretary in this matter is
final.
 v] The rules fur e n ro lliru; ,i;{' ne w I\.lt'ml)f'!':-; as laid clovvn by
t lu- Ilcndflu::tl'tel's frorn t in ie Lo t i ruc should 1)(>fotlowed.

vi) Every mernbe r shatl p:l.} ,) rne rnbeuah ipTee of Rs,JO only
j'(Jj' every five years. This fee sh{)1l1d be re mitLed along wi th I h.e

applieatio1'l for rnernber-sh ip.

vii) Members ah all 118V(; no l'iW;Jlt to resort. to Cour t

Proceed irig s regarding Party ulaLLVJ·"'. If any Member or the Party
resort.s to any Court Proceeding>; "against the Party General
Secretary's decision he/she shall cC:J Sf> to hp a Pr.irnary Mernbe r of
t.lie Pa.rty. (
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Thf...'decieion of the General C01..H10il shall be fin...

al with regard
t i) par-ty rna tter-s and only those' vvlro abide by this condition are
eligible to admission for Mernberssh ip.
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( All those who have become Member-s of the KAZHAGAJ\;f are.r:;
(bound by the decision DE tile General Council. .

RULE; 6: PARTY UNITS

i) Village Panchayat Par-ty Unit

Only one party unit sha.ll be formed in each Panchayat and if ~
rl1inimum. o~ 2~ rnernbers could not be aecur-ed, m~re. than o~e .. )1
Panchayaf could be ,grouped together to form t.he saad pi;lirty UTIlt. I1
There is no ceiling' against enrolling any nUl1ib~r·. 0'~ ~ditiona~ I
members .. · - . . . - ~
ii) Iii village units. all the prtrnar-y rnembezs $hall rneet and
elect its f\-inction.aries. Five functionar-ies of the. VilJage unit, Viz.
the Charrrnan, gecret~ry ~ two Deputy Secretaries and Treasurer,
three represetltatives- of higher unit and nine executave .eornraitcee
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members of
the. Village unit sha.ll be" elected', Among thera, the
J posts of' one ·dep'Uty secretary. one member of the lugher mui and
three executtve oornrni.tsee znernber s ar-e exoluaively reaerved for.
f women.

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iii) E;_X'§C2U:r!_V~ COM;l\UTTEE:

!\ G~'I1c-nti Bud.'\- Meeting of the vUJag0 Party Unit !-"jul!1 be hetcl

;l1lt:a:-n onr.o in s ix morith s a nd the Exeour.ive Cnll1111il tl'" Meet.irig'
!c.llall IJc' hrId ;"ltl{-';-Ist once in two rnoritb.s .

If the: nJeel1ngs ai:e not convened a~~ stnted ;si.)iwc, the

Pa uch avat pa.rty Unit Union Secretary 01' the nl'g,lllisation at
h1gb!·:]' 1('v('1 wi ll have the power 'to convent' 11\(:·:Mcct.ing if
net :A~S<-11-y

iv} j-i::wh Party Unit. shall hold public rnee ti ng s all ca:-::i -1 i ir ne.s in a
year f<l)' Party Propaganda.

v) ViUage .Parrch.aya.t Party Unit Secretaries

For ~"U the 12.618 Panchayat Party Units 111 Tarnil Nadu,
Pa.nch ay at. Party Unit's Seoretaries shall be eloc t.ed, These
Secreta.r ie s shall be elected by the respective p~l.rty uni ts pnroary
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members. T'he Secretaries will be responsible for the functioning of i

the Branch Party Units of the concerned Panchayat.

RULE: 7: PARTY UNI'rS aT TOWN PANCHAYAT LEVEL

i) .Within the limit of the Panchayat one Panchayat Party Unit '1
shall be formed. Wlthin the sal,d Panchayat Wards, sepaeate /1
branches shall be formed in the name of Ward Party Unit. . U.
i1) The pr-irna.ry members of ev~:tyWard Party Unit sh~ eleqt the ~
SiN functionaries such as Chatrrnarr, Secretary, Joint Secretary, two
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Deputy. Secreta.ries and 'I'reaaurer, 3 representatives of the htgh:er I
unit and 9 executive cornmrttee znernbers. Among these, the posts .
of one Joint Seoretary,- one Depuxy Secretary, one representative!
and 3. Executive Cornmittee Mernbens are 'exclusively r'eeerved fo+, .'
wonten. '.' . . .

iii) The Executive Committee meeting of the Town Panchayat

Party U:nit shall be held at Ieast once in 2 months arid the Gener-al
Body meetrng shall be held at leaet once in 4 months. If not so
convened, higher organizational units are entitled .to convene fb.e
mee ring.
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iv ) T'lio Ward Party Uri it ::)('(·r,·t;il'Y ,HId the Representative of 1.1)('

II igllCl· uni t within j he Tow n l'allcl1.l-,Vn. i together shall coris t.it.u i.o

I.lu: prirna.ty rnernbe rs of t.ho Town Prmoh ayat Party U'ui t.. 'T'lu-v
:-;llail together· elcot t lic ~ix. f'unr.l.io ua.iie s such as· Cha irma n ,
Secretary, .Ioirrt Secretar.i-·. Two Deputy Secretarjes, 'I'reasvrrer- and
th rce District Representatives of tlw Town Pan.chayat Pn rty Unit.
Arnong the se , the posts of Joint Sec'l·(-'t,try. one Deputy Secretar,".
one representative are exoluaivr-Iv re served for women.

v) The Secretaries of tl ie Wa rcl Party Units along. with t.l~('

ltcpi-eseritative of the higher unit. the '1'O\I\7;nParty Unit Chairmau.

Secretary, Joint Secretary. two Deputy Secretaries, Treasure!".
District Repr-eeerita.tives constitute the Town Parichayat Le vo l
Party Unit. The rnernoe i-s of the; TOWll Panchayat Level"Party Uri it
so formed should meet among therns elvee and elect 12 persons a:s
the Executive Cornrnit.tee Mcrnbe ra. Of these, 4 posts are
exclusively reserved for worneu.

vi) The Executive Cornrnit.tee of the inner Branch of the Town

Panchayat Unit should be convened once in 6 months and the
General Council $hould. be oonvened once in a year. If :not so
convened; higher organizational units are entitled to convene the
meetmg

RULE; 8: MUNICIPAL TOWN PARTY UNITS

There shall be formed only one Muriicipal Town Party

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Unit for one Municipal Town. In the Wards of. such Municipal
Town separate un-its shall be for-med by the name of "Vatta
Kazhagazn" _

il} The pnimary .rnernber+s of every ward unit shall.meet and

eloot five funottonaries. viz. the Chairman, The Secretary, two
Deputy 8.ecretaries, and Treasurer three representatives for higherf

oorrrmibteees, arid 12 executive comrnit.tee members. Among these

i the posts; one Deputy Secretary, one repre.sc:pntativ6.. higher unit. fur
i and four executive cornrrrittee rnernber s a.re exclusively reserved for
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! women.
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II!) 'I'll,'; s eor-e tarie s of wnrt l units ;lllr! higher unit.

j"·'I!·,·:W!i!.ill l\'e::; of the ward urri tx within the Ii n n t.s. !Ii" a LU\>\l11 sh ..:'l.U
,·flll·:tll\J{.(' 11](.' General Mernbers of tIll' re spect iv« 1('\\'11 unit, They
\."\dl Ilir;vj alld elect. five- tuncttona rics of the t o w n u n rt.. (viz) the
\ ·i1:II!·I1U.11. the Secretary, two Deputy Sec::retaril>:-; ;-lnc! Treasurer,
:1l1d 1111'("('Distl'ict urrit representatives. or thest', t l u : posts of one
'i<-llll1.\' se(!1'(~tary and one district T'f:pn'::;('ntatjve arc
C'«'lllsi\"(:ly re served for women.

1\'. The Town unit will consist of wa rd 1111J{. seCl'etaries,

1111:11('" u n it representatives and the fu not io na r ios ('lected for town
111111. t hc- Chairman, Secretary, Deputy Secretane:-;, t.reaaurer and
Ilj:-;! l-}( t unit repreeeritativea. The rnernbers of t.he Towri unit thus
cullslllltted will meet and elect arnong uhernse lves 12 executive
eun m ri t tee mernbere, of which four posts' s h a ll be exclusively
l-('s"!'\'ed for wornen.

The Executi"Q"e Coru:rnittee of the Town Party Unit will

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meet at.lea.st once in two months and General Body Meeting will be
I.'''llvened asleasst once. in four months. If no s uch party meetings
\.I.l·(~ oouveried. the organisation at the higher level :vvifl have the
i .we.cs to convene. such meetings,
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The Elxecirtive Committee Meeting of the ward, party

vi)

I units in the Muriiotpal Town shall be held atleast once in aix

montb s and the Meeting of the Prirnary rnember s shall be .held
atleast once in a year, failirig which tb.e organisation at the higher
level of the part~ may convene such meetings.

!1ULE~9; TO:WN:SHIP·PAR'rY UNITS.

i)· 'I'herre shaU'be formed within the I.i.m.its of a 'I'ownshtp, a

·Townsl.lip Kazfaagazn.
ii)The primary members of. a tQvvnship unit and units
within the Iimite of a township will meet and elect five
. fl.;itlCJliona:ties of the township unre, viz.. the. Chadrrnan, $E3cre~;.;t:ry.
two Deputy Secretaries, Treasurer and highel' unit representatives
according to the member of wards in the townahip and 12 executive
 1!()lll!llil.tel..! Illl'l.llbt'J"s; ·)f thec.w. lhe posts of one t h i rcl of lllg-!lt'f" \1;111

Jr', wc~enl.<Jl ivr-s.. one d(>J-1uty secretary and the CX0(;UUVf~ ('()111Ini t 1{'C'.

ul("lliheQ'sllip Sli.d1 h: (·:':l.:l.usively resorved for 'wo rno n

iii) Tilt, J:.;Xt·>';1iiih·; Comrnit.tee of the ·To·"vnsilip Pa rr v u n i t lIt'

IJu·, Kazhagarn ~ilalJ mc-cr once in two rnoritb s arid r h.o Gellf'I',t! HIld,\
will meet, o nr « 1I1 ::-.ix rnon.th s. In case of failure to c-o n vo m- SW·ll

mcet.ing s , the. ()1'g<111i::;~uion at the higher level 'will have' t lu- I>0\'."'!·s

to" «onvene such rnrc-t ing s.

iv) FuT' t lu : \Nal'd Party units rn a to\vllsllir1 .t rr-a . Lll('

shall be held once In tlil'!'" i no nr h s
1:1x.ccuti,'<: Co n n ni t t ou rneet.irrg
while the General Body Meeting shall be held RUe;1~...;f !lIlC!l' in si'{
.months In case of i"p. iInrc to do so, the orgarrisa tion (11 I h n hig-l H:. r
level will h a VC- the powers to ~nvene such meetings.

I RULE~10: PANCHAYAT UNION PARTY UNITS

i) In every Panchayat Union area there shall be for-med a .

Urnon Kazh agarn.

The Union Party Unit and the: Panchayat Branch Unit

ii)
within the Panchayat Union, the Seoreta;ri.es~bigher organizational
.representatives, the 'I'own Panch-ayats and also the Town Party
. Urrit Becre tar ies shall eleot the representative Union Party unit's
Chairma,n, Secretary, Joint SeGr:fi}1;ary~2 Deputy Secretaries,
Treasurer and 3 District Repreeerrtatrvea. Among' these posts, the
J oint SeCl.~etary, one Deputy Secreta:ry and one Distr-ict
Representative shall be reserve.de~cluslvely for women.

ill)
The members:
secretaries. higher' unit
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of Uriion unit. compriaing of Branch unit
repr-eserrtatavee. and Iunctionaries of uruori .
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upit will meet and elect among thernaelves 12 executive committee
membeza, of which one third of the posts 3.1';eexclusively reserved
. f0r women.. .

iv} Th.e Meeting of the main Party .Unit of the Panchayat

Union will be held atleast once in six months and its Executive
Oomrrritt.ee Will meet atleast once in trrree months: Ii'l case of
 !;,till{,A III Lhis regard,.tllu organi';;li..iull at. t h e h ighe r lewd wi ll 11.<1'.'('
i ht !lll\'\i("(' S to con verre 1 he n ioe-r i11h'

ttl) r.u. 11: DISTRICT LEVEL PARTY UNITS

i) . F'o r the pu rpo se« iii" Pu r tv Ru.le.s arid Regulations.

District Kazb ag'arns shall be f(.11 !11('(J .is per the pro viaioris i.n s u b
ru le (ii) below.

ii) For the purpose of P<H·t~7 Ru le s and reg-ulations. District

I 'HJ'1~: Units have to 1)(:: f'orrned ill each of the areas rnen+ion--d
here-under '

I·. North Madras District :2-1 Coimbatore Rura l South Drst rict
South Madras District Nilgiris Diatrret
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Kancheepurarn East Diatriet Tiruohy Urban Diat.rict
Kancheepurarn West District 27 'I'i ruchy Rural District
Thiruval1ur Disrtriot 28, Perambalur District
Vellore East District 29. K.arur District
'1, Vellore West District 30. Thanjavur North Diatriot
'I'htruvannamalai Norlh District 31. . Tlaanjavur- South Dtstr ict
!t Thiruvarm.an:lalai Sout.h District Nagapattinam District
10_ Ouddalore Eaf:!t District 33. Thhuvarur District
11. Ouddalore '-!Vest District 34. Pudukottat Diatr'ict
! 2. Villu.ptuanl North District 35. Madur-ai Urban District
1 :.1. ViUupul'arn South Diat.rict 36. Maduril.i Rural District
11. Dharrnapur'i Disrtriot 37. Dind'igul District
15, Kru.@~ District 98. Them District
16. Salel1:i Urban District 39. ViJ.:u.,dh.un~garDietrict
17. Salem. Rural Ea,.st District 40 - Sivagangai District
J 8_ Salem Rural West District' 41. Rati;lana,:thapW'l:J.ID.. District
19. Na,tnfild{.al Di.strict 42, 'I'irvmelvefi Urban- District
:an. Erode North District 43. Tirunelveli Rural District
:.a 1. Erode South Distriot 44. 'I'hootfrulsrudi District
22. Coimbatore Urban District 45. lianniyakumari District
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.....:J. Ooirnbatoze Rural North District /
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111) The'; ~(:l'J'(:.t;li'jl'S l)r l\;I.11\.;lJr'."dt. U'n.it.». 'Fo vvn 1'an(.I1;(,\(ll

111l.It::, 'I'ovvn s h ip 'Cilii~:; and t.li.. Circle Urti Lx.

Party t l ir- SeC!]('l<I!'ic-:--;

rd '1't,\VI1Ship Pa r t v Lnits nnd t h c H.8pl'eSenLclti\res or l1ig;11lT tl!111:-~

!:lW.1t elect <l Di s t r ict F'a rt y S<'c!'c'tal'Y of Districts. i.e lll()st",

these
w ho vole f'or t h« Se(.:,·ctnry:-.:hip of l h e Urrion . and Mi i n ic ipa l 'Iovv n
Pl-Il'l.y Urut.s in t Iie Di s t r ici.. Ul(' Secretaries of the' Town sh ip [-1:II'j ,\'

lluits and the R-~PI'C'sl'ntali\'I_'S of t.he higher units shellJ be l'ljijl]ed

to'elect the Dis.t r iot. Ka :dll-l.,g;111l Secn:."t~try"

jv), The. Sec:ret8l"les pC To wn Panchayat. "I'ovvn , 'I ow n s h i p ;.-)nd

Union Party Un it s 111 a Di.striot as well as the J)i~f r ic.t
i-tnpresentaiivcs s ha lt be t he pr'irnar y rnembe rs or that Disll'id.
Party Unit.

v) Ttl,€: pnnlilry mernber-s of the District Party u n n. :::::;}1;:111

meet and elect four Iunctionaries. viz. the Cha ir ma.n . two Dept! Ly
Recretaries, and treasurer. 12 executive comrnrttee rnei nbc rs and
General Council rnernbers in proportion to the rrurnbe r of As sernbly
ccnarituericies in the respective distt'icts. Of these the posts of one
deputy seoretary, of General Council members and
one-third
4 executive corrrmit.tee rnernber-s shall be excltrsrvejy reserved for,
.women. If a wornan is not elected as District Par-ty Seor-c ta.ry. a
woman shall. be nominated by the Ge~eral Secretary as District
Joint Secretary, on a par with district ~~GI:'eta-ry.

'vi} District Council shall meet ~'tle~st once ill six months
and the Executive Committee meeting shall be. held once in three
months,
In case of failure to convene tlae meeting' as laid dO\N11..it is
,o:pe11-
to . the Party Headquarters
,
to oorrvene- such meetings. ,

The Office Bearers of the. DiSta"ict Party Units and the

. vii)
elected Exeoutive Committee, M~¢hers,' will oonetitute the
Executive Cornmit.tee of the District ~artyUnit,

~ULE:-12; MADRAS CITY PAR~ UNITS'

iJ. District Party Units oomprrsing' the particular Assembly

." .....T~_4',1.. 0"hr.>nn::J; t)istrict and South Chennai
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i'l' Il""j within t.he Iin iits of (:jl('Ill';;ti Co r po tat.io n shall be forr nr-d ;'IS

! 11 ;11 l(:! Par-ty units,

II) A Di v i iori
s party unit s h a ll he.:'; ccrust.it.uted in c ve rv

,ii\ I~,i()ll wi th in city'lilnJts,'

iri) Division PClTt,V Units sili.l!l be Iormed n:

)),,'j::>i.Olls 1 to 155 falling within Cl ic n n a i Corporat.ion Iirni.ts.

iv) The pr-imar-y rnernbers uf L'VCI'y District Unit shall meet

;,nd oleo.t viz, the Cha irruari. SecI·<~tary, Joint Secretary, Two Depu ty
; ,:"('l'(~tarie8, 'I're.aaur e r , two OJ' Inure Di visional Section Secretaries,
III P..;(! rugher unit represeltw ..tive.s n nd Executive Oornrmr.tce
!)}(>ll1bers. Of these, the posts of Joint. Secretary, 011e Deputy
SO<":l'ctal'Y, one highel' unit rr-pr cscrrta tive and 4 Executive
(~on:unittee Mernbe.re shall be excluaively reserved for women.

v) , The General Body Meeting of each Party unit of the

Division will meet at1east once in SL",(rno nt.h.a, while the, ExeQvtive
Conunittoo Meeting shall be held atlea.st. once i.n two months. In
(:ase of failure to convene such rneotirig s. the or-garusa.tion a.t higher
t vels of the Party wilthave powers to convene such meetings. ' ,

; vi) The office bearcrs and the Bxecu.tive Committee

Member-a of the Diviaion Party unit" will constitute the Executive
Oornmittree of the Division Party Unit.'

RULE: 13 :PA,GTITHI KAZHAGAM

fAssembly Constituency Party Utlits)
i) The Secretaries and higher unit representatives of the
Divistcnal Units ''\vithin the limits of an Area Party Unit shall meet
and elect. the Chairman~ S~cretary. Joint Secretary, 2, Deputy
Secretar-iee, TreasU1.~ers and District Unit repreeerrtatives. Of these,
the poste Q£ J'qrnt Secretary and the' Deputy Secretary, and one
District Unit P..epresentative are exclustvely reserved. for women.

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ll) 'I'll!' gf'!H'_;';l! In\-'J1d)(~!':''; .o f tilt: 'Area pa.rtv unit w i l] 1.'1)!111ni-« , O!

',! (·!.'fllf'JVS <)1" 1)1\ i:-;iol1 u n it x w i rh ir, r he Iirnit.s oj' .=\)·(>a pa!'!.\ u n u x.

11I1:lwl n n it r('pl·(':--;\'I1l.;i.i.jvc~ .r ru i Fu nc t ioria r ir-s \,f /\1'(';1 Pn rtv It!)1'

T'lic g('tlAI'al t ue rnbo r-, will mee t a nd eJe(;i a n v n ig' 1]1i..'1l1Sel\·(,s

J ~'X{)(;llti\-(~ ,,;onlllLiti.ee me mbe r s, of wh ieh 1.11(' posts of -l (·,,~,(,ti\'('

l~tJllll')ittel~ lnC:lnh'~I'S s ha ll be roae'rved exclusively Io r \\'0111:'11.

iii) 'I'h.- o Ff"ic(> Be a re r s of .Pagu t h i Kazil<\~'(1111 (1l1ri its

!';XL'OH tive Corm n i i-j ce Merribe t-s .will co nxr it ut(' t.l u: E,{:(·\ Iii vc
{~(,ntn1ittec or t h a I Pagut.hi Kazha garn.

iv) The Pagut.hi Kaz ha.g'arn Exect.tti\'(' Corurnit tc-e Meeting

. :Iw.U he h e ld at least' once' in two months arid the J
G0.11C']·a Body
Moe ti ng' of" th e Pagtlthi Kazb agaan shall me«t 8.{lt.:~;bi o nr«: in six
months. In ca,:-.:r: of failure to convene su(;h 11l~ctings. the
(lq~n.llisatiCln at the higher level will have the PO\\'Pl' to «o n ve ne
! those rnee ti ng s.

HULE: 14 ~ ~DRAS CITY l)ISTIUCT PARTY UNIT

The Secretaries of the Drviaion Party units or the Madras

. i)
'ity within the limits of the District Kaz.hagarn and. the
Bepresentati ves for higher urrit, sh~ll meet toge ther arid elect the
.:secretary of that District Kazhagarn. I.e . all those who vote for
olect.irrg the Secretary of the Pagutb,i Kazhag'am shall be entitled to
vote for electing the Secretar'yof tb~ District Kazb.a garn.
ii) The Secretaries of the Divts'ion Party units within the
ltmits of the District Ke.zb ag'arn, the Distriot Representati vas and
the Secret.aries of the Pagirthi Kazhagarns will constitute the
General Council members of the' Diatrict 'Kazhaganl.

iii) The General member-s of the District party unit Will meet
and elect four ftmctionari.es. unit .. viz. Chainman of District party
two deputy. secretaries arid treasurer, 12 'executive committee
member-s . and General Council. members in proportion to the
number of Aasernbly constituenecies in each district; o-f these, the
posts of one deputy secretary, 4 Exeouti\Te co:m:mittee mernber s and
one third of General Council rnernber-s shall be reserved exclusively
 f, .. \\.,1111-'11 If '-1. worneri is !lc'\'['l,',-I<'<1 "l:--; Dis.tiict Par-ty Secretcu·,;,'. ;:1
\, !il,I'-1} xhn l l be norninuted b,v t ln- (_~('llpr..i l Scrnet.ary as Di,'jtric:t
I. of I,I :illCrf' I::tryon par with D iSI ;-il'i S,:t:!'ctC'lT,\',

I\-) 'PIre office beaH:,n5 of l he Di:SLl'iGL Party unit and the

'.('( I v t.ar ies of the 'Pag'ut.h i K'lzha~~'('lln arid t h o Executive CC)11Ul11t.tee
i\;,·tlll>crs will together cons-r it ut c- the Exe cu t.ivo Committee or the-
J uu.rict Party unit.

v) The Exeouttve CU1TIl11j! t 1?,~ Mce tiug of t.he District Pari.;\'

"lilt:: shall be held at.least orn.e In t l i re.e rrion thzs and that of t.he
't i"oJ mg of the General Body ~tlca,:...;t.On(;0 in six months.
In, case of
h.Jlllr~ to do so, the orga.n isat rou at the .higtrer level will corrverre
.uu-h meeting's.

uo I.E: 15 : MADURAI, COIMBATORE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI,

SALEM AND TIRUNELVELI CITY DISTRICTS,
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Rules 12., 13 and 14 pertaining to Chermai City Party ! I'
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Units shall be applicable to the above City Districts. I ! i

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HULE 15·A!
) I

At ~ll Ievels of the Party uni ts , the post of Joint Secr,et~ry i

«ha ll be r'eserved exclusively for women, 1
I

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In' the ,District, Union, Town Panchayate, 'I'owriahip I
Panchayans, Cirete and Ward Party Units, one post of .Joint I

I
" oretany shall be reserved, exclusively for women.

STA.TE COUNCIL SET UP

i) In ,the, other St,ates of Karnataka. Anciha-a Pradesh,
Maharaalrtra .and Kerala as well as in New Delhi and the Union
Te!'ritQrii~$ of Andaman, a State Party Unit Rh~ll be for'rned
incru-pocatrng all the Party 'Units of Panehayat, Towp.., Panohayat,
Municipal Town, Township' as well as City Corporati()-~ Pa'rcy Units
!';;illing wtthin the limits of the. respective States.
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11) .'\]1 ill!' !'-,i;\.h' i':a:/,llagan1s of o t.l ic r: :-;l:IL('s :-;11..;11 lln'-!' t lu

, , till ' (''1il:,! lO i h:ll of I'll" Dis triot. I~~I/"h;tg;tI11:-; - i'())"I1l('ci :n 'j';ul1il
, i J If' II '

iii) Tilt, r u lo« or the Pa r ty units and Elp('Llnrl pn)(,,,dun"s in

.'1t.lllll N:"iu ~.;il;dt i)(' uppl ioa ble to those i'onned in t l u- oi.l u-: SL1t.es,

iv ) 'I'll(-' :-;C('reL;:ll'Y'S of Branch l1n11.:-; a no hig'ller II til r.

shall meet and elect St.;1 te
pll,'I'1l.11Ull (d t l n- cou neil , two .deputy seCI'et.;u'J(.-:S ;.tlld jr'C(-lSIU'(~r.
'" <'X0(:H t.i V(' cornrntt.tee member-s, and Ge nc ra l Co u n.oi I nierrrbe r s
II,,· ntJl))h('l- or wh ich shaU be fixed !JY the GellPI';1] Svcrott'lt'y in

111 pOI-cling hi flle n umber of party rnemoe rs in t h.: ]'(!spective s t.ate s ;

(of these. 1,11(' ! losts of one deputy secretary, oj c x cru ti \'C corrm iittee
Ilw111bcTS and one thir-d of the G-eneral Council I1kl1 ibeis ah al l be
"('::1 -rvcd 1'01' worna n.

i
t'
Executive Connnittee Meetings of t h e Slate Party,
The
111\11 xh a.l] br- he ld a tleaat orice in three l1.1.011ths and that of the

nwoting of t he General Body atleaat once in ::;L""1'1.10n th s. If not so

l »ivened. 111e Party Headquar-ter-s sh.all have the right to convene
Hll0h rneet.ing s.

nULE: 17: ~UDUCHERRY 'STATE

, i) Within the Sta;.te of Pudrioher-ry - Village and Town Party

units ahafl be forrned.

if) Each of the Patty u::nit thus for'rned . shall follow similar
I tll l:S or set up as applicable to the Party units in the State of Tamll
Nadu,

The area of PuduGhe:rry .and the area of Karaaklcal in the

iii)
Pondiche.rr-y State shall hav¢· .the ata.tus equal to that' of a District
Ka.zhagarb_

i.v.: The secretar-ies at Puducher-ry Pagut1:'ti (area) and

Karaikal Paguthi (area) shall be elected by the branch units in' th~
same manner 'as the Diatr lot par-ty secretaries in Tamil Nadu are
«Icored. Mor-eover , the Chairrnan. two deputy secretaries,
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II"!I::IIITI', 12 f->xecuLi\·,· ro n ui rir too me-mber-s and . Ge n ral Co u nr-i l

".' lllill' I>;, uu n il ic is <'I w h ic-I: ~.;hall be- decided b,' t hr- (3Vll('I·;:-tl

':,.,q·j·!:I.J',Y acoord ing l.I' l l u- "j)('l.llbcl':::'ihip. shall also Ix- .·,}t;':[ld.

\1111Hlg .t.hesc , ·f he pr,,,,,;!.=-, (J ( 01 In deputy secretary. <1 oxrcu t iV('

l}tJlllllliltee rnernbcr s and {)llP t h ir d of the General Council met nbrr»
!I"l ,:xc)ush'ely r8ser"l·d Io r \\()111en. Like worneri be irig: norru n.t r or l
(II .Jo in t Di.s trict Secn·u.1..1.'11'>": in 'I'arml Nad.u, h eve n I-« •. lllll11

: {I orc-uu-ies can be norni n.it.ed Il,l' the 'General Secretaay.

rHJLE: 18 : FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

i) The responsihiliiy n nd functions of the above rrie nt.io nc-d

Office bearers of the P('!rt..y units' at different levels win br- as
tollows:

ii). CHAIRMAN:

He wil.l preside General Body and t.l tf'

OYer aud conduct the
lU)teeutive Comrnittee Mee ting s , In his abeence, the meeting shall
he presided over and conducted by one of the members.

iii) SECRETARY:

'The SecretarY Will, be responsible

of t.he Party
for t.he unit
-n.dnUnistration and execute the decisions of the respective
J3lxeoutive ·Co:ro....-.m.ttee.In case of emergency) wher-e the Becre tary
i not in a position to convene the Executive Oornrnitrtee Meeting, he
hould get the deicisions talcen by 'hirn ratifi:ed withfn fifteen days
by the Executive Cornrnitt ee. He should '~ub1Dit any file.required by
the Audit Oornrrurtee for scrutiny.

iv)' TIlE ASS.ISTANT SECRETARY:

The Assastarrt Secretary will carry out such functions as may

lJ6 ,entrusted by the Secretary besides exercising th~ functions of
the SearetaTY only in his absence arid with his consent.
 --) TREASURER:

\Y,I it the approval of i Ill' SC(!lTj ;;{l'.\'. he· \\ ill br- ('ll:;;todjan of Iht:
··"lfl·. '·liUec.:ted by the Pa r ty Lle vv il l di:-;llll!'S(> the »rnou n t.s ou iof
'l" 1';ll"t,,\/ [HJlUS as di're cted b,~ t ho .F;x!'r:utivv Conu nittc-e and u.he
.. , 1,'1 :ll',Y to meet the ex pe ndi tu rc . He xvi il rua in.ta in tho accounts
··1 1""( 'ipts and expenditure and pla(:t' Lilt '111 I)<~fore the Executive
'·"'lillilL!.ee and the General Body ih1:ou~l1 the Ser:r8tary, He will
I, 0'1' d"posits on behalf of t.hc Part, v u i n t . III the banks au.thoi-is ed
1, \ I fl(' j';xecutive Committee.

\ l} Sho'Lud
.
a oontrngeucv of ('l bs-- nc-c- .• }' void of
.
Office Bearers
'J t It 1)a.x·ty u rrit ar-ise, tho IJerStJ11 t!l{~( -1 ed b:)l f he .Execu ttve
( " >i1111.itt.ee membera will cxercrse t hc- fUJlctions 011 adhoc baais till

i e 1:ldHI' Office bearers of the se t-up are elected wi chiri one rnonth.

,n 11"P;: 19 : GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL

ORGANISATION

The General Council of the AIADMK shall consist of the

i)
. ('llltil"IDan, General Secretary, Deputy General Secretaries,
1'1'('aSUrer, Headquar tera Secretaries of the Party, the members of
t t ic- Central Executive Comn1ittee, the rnernbe r-s of the General
( "Illltoil elected from the Districts and other States,the Mernber-s of
(11(' Audit CQn::m;Uttee,. Pr'opor'ty Protection Cornrni'rtee, and the
!'f1.t'llamentqry Board .. The General Counoil shall be the Supreme
h...dy of the Party With all powers of the Kaz hagarri.

Ii) The Be.cretaries of Union Kazhagams, the Secretaries·of

111(' Municipal To-wn Kaahagarns and 'I'ownship Kazb agarrrs, the
IllHlrict Secreta,;ries, the Chairman, Assistant Seoretary and
'I'reo.aurer of the DiStriot; Kazhagarn etc. in Tamil Nadu as well as
t.lll~ Secretarie$ of State Kazrrag'arns and the Ohadrrnarr, Assistant
I
!
I'
: 't\oretary, .Trf?asurer of the State Kazhagams of .other States shall
~ IW uie members ef
the General Council by virtue of their offices.
II The General Council rnernbe rs shall be elected from each
iii)

I· I)istdot K~zh~gam in such numbers equivalent to the total number

(, f' Assembly Constituencies in the respective district. In r~speBt of
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.. {I", :;1:11.(' ilJ[ l ud iru; ["}Olllllcll(-·1'}'Y. t he rn u nbe'r 'of t lu (,,'!li-:':'i!

""III" II lIH'il1);cn-; wrl l i),' d('tc'rl.l.)ined by the (-icncl'aJ S('(·l'\·I.II·_\' \\,1111

I' I· II 11"(' (II t h> lOla! n ur ube r of rnembc-rs l'egistLT1·.j III ,ill'

I' 1".,'11\/1' State K~l.zh:\gil.rlls.

I\'} 'J'h.: Genera.l S(>(:l'Clary of the Party can Il01111nalv PIli

• ",I'rlillg' jO(l l\1<.;:nbc}'s 10 t.he Gener-al Couric il of t.hr- ('P111!·;'.i

«1I'1:1I111:4Hl ion f'ro i n <-I.luong t 11(-mernb er s of the Party.

v) T'h« Ge nc ru l Cou nc il of the Ce n t.ra.l Orga!Jisntit.,il

(f 1'11<1 Itl;)l-I,(:H'S) shall ill,:(:! and elect the Chainnan of r.h.: Co utta.l
l l! ,Hl) ifK1Lion.

vi) T'he mect insz ot the General Oouncil of 1111' CVl1fr;.tl

Jl"nflt1i::-:k.Lion s ha ll he presided over by the Ch airrna n. In h is
"bat IlC'l', one of th« membere of the General Couricil limy bo
"!ll}lo(rt,f'ily norniriat.ed to preside over the rneet.ing of the General
~1tjlll)('IL

vii) The Gener-al Council Meeting shall be oonvened once in a

w- whenever it IS considered necessary by the General
tary by giving 15 days notice in advance of the date of
I ting.

The quorum for the meeting shall be one-fifth of the total

H.I,lllber of ·n1.embers of the General Ocuncil. If one-fifth of the
mombers of the General Council request the General Secretary to
oonveno the Specral Meeting 'of the General-Council, the General
't'(w{}Lary should do so with.in 30 days of the receipt of such a
l't"iQ IIiaitiori,

The General Council will be the supreme authority to

viii)
ft'tll.llc .poltcies and prog'ramrnes of the, Party and for their
ml,>l,men.tation.· The decision of the General 'Council is final and
lilud ing on all the members of the Party. I
Lx)A.. General Oouncil will have five. years tenure. However,
till', tcriure shall. get extended till the new General Oeunail Meecing
1M oonverred.
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In II ,1';' ~O; GENERAL SECRETARY

III' "liI.ln' adrnirus tv.itn .n of die Party .

II) b.v th e 1'ri m.irv.

~lj\rnh!.ll·:-;of aIl t h e P;)I'I,' Urii ts of T'arnit 'Na.d u and the M(~rllil(y!-, of
u.. 1:u'f..Y in or.ncr 81;1f e~ like Pondicher ry, Anrth.ra Pl·;ldi,,~ll.
.cka.
I(h, nfll .. Kera la a rid Audarna n Ialahds.

Iii) The nominate f'ro m ,.11 III lit!'''

Ge ne ia.l 8t~Cl'etal'y can ..., t h,~
1'1'°IUL:'U'Y Mernber s of tb(~ Party one or more Deputy Ct'.[ll--:!'al

Unflf'F'\.fu:ies and Tn::~l~ur'('l' and as many I-leadquartet'S Seci'('lal'i,·:-;:

II
n,J. Itn.: needed for administrative corrverrierioe.

iv) The General Secretary will cons.tit.ute the Exccut ivc

t. 'fliHlHittee of the Cc nt ra I Or-garusa.tion consisting of the Ccne ra l
• It.l<·I'ittury, Dopu ty General Secretaries. Chainnan,
J· 'J'i-ea s ur-er
Jl'ou,dquarters Secretaries, District Secretaries and the norniria tetl
'ffi \1- nhe rs.

v) . The rnernber s of the ·Execu.tive Corrir...

Central nittee. the
j-; l1rtl1Uty' General Seoretaries,
'.,~.. . .
Treasurer and the Headquarters
e~((rt':'lt:aries norniria.tecl by the General Secretary will hold the office
dudug the tenure of the office of the General Secretai'Y,

. If for any reason the post of General S-eeretal.7 beeernes vacant

hi :oolween, the office bearers who w~re no.~~ted by the previous
Clnneral Seoretary wil.l hold office .H)'d q-q·p:ti;t:iu'¢ to function till the
. ! .j"w General Secretary is elected and ~s.ll.b+e.s office.

vi) The General Secretary or

the- Party, shall have the powers
6tud responsibilities to convene the Executive and the General
Cul.,Ulcil rvle¢til'lg$. to Irnplernerit polici,~s a:t;ld progxamrnes of the'
I }~.\.rtr as decided by the General and Ex;ecutjve Councils, to conduct
~ln(.lhol'}'sand by-eleeuions for' Party erganisatiotls. to examine the-
1\!)(rC)untsof a.U th.e Party units tht'ough the Audit Committee, to
!il.f.\11ag:e by aelf and .through the $r®$urer the income and
f<xpenditure of the Party onganieations' :at; all-levels, to rnanage the
J In,r'\ty Office, movable and irnmovaole p:t"operties of the Party, to
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1"""11L i.ll(' Part.y iH.ehe It:gal pn.r·{'c'ding·s that D1.ay C1Tis!-'! in

''',' to! })l.lrty propcr tiee ,lucI to l'lkL' llCTl"s:-;ary lega l atc ps on
I "~ . .t f l ir> Pa.rty to pro tect 11l1'n1,

TIll' Gerieral. SGCret~1XY wi II pn~si(k over the Party'

t '.11 t, I I 1\<:('~. talce all ki.nds of ,iis(:iplin<.IJ'.Y proceedings in
,., with the Pa rty ru lc-s <i~;llllS!
.,' ,f,lfJC:(' the Par t y units and its
,.,1,. " IJl~;l.rers who violate t.h e Part., ru loss , regulations o r act
I,! 'Ill 11'.1 the Party interest. Party discipline, polioies and
I"~"1'1 !lItH1WS, including irnrned iu te suspen sic n ot' any Party unit or
"III. 'I' br·::-trel', The General SecrcL"ll',\' sha.1l . be the auprernc
111111'11 »v to talce a final decision 011 t l ie disciplinary proceedings
, •. 1\1I1H)I~nded.by the Party units and =.hal l have overall powers 1:0
,,,hI un steps to prornote a.nd pre-sorve the Party policies and
1'1 "1.:1 «rrrmes and to develop and protec-t the Party organisations.

The General Secretary is ernpowe rod to take such actions

v ii)
nfj lu rnay deem fit on. Irnpor-tant po lit ical events, policies and
I'" 'I !J'Il,,nunesof ur-geut nature wh ich cannot br-ook; delay and await
'Ill' uiceting of either Exeoutive Comn uttee or Gerrenal Council of
Ill; rty. Such decisions and actions have to be ratified by the
ct' \ IH','ul Council in its next rnee tirig. However it is. open to the
t'!f'll('rnl Secret~ry to obtain t.he views of the General Council
1\11. '(11)(.:1':;; on such urgent matters by post when . the
('r u nui l is not tn session.

viii) The qen~ral Secretary is en1.powered 'to depoait the funds

oj I lro ALJ.\.Dlv,[I~m any: of the legally constitutedBanks of Fmancdal
ftlHt ttu.tions either iri 0l,lrrent Accounts or F'ixed IJepo$its; to
wtl t.clraw supb funds and to operate the accounts on behalf of the
'l'I1I'ly. The General Secretary is also empowered to obtain Ioans for
f 11.·Jlat~ty purpose:s from the' above mentioned institutions on the
r-if'('lt!'ity of the' .aasets of the Party arad to do all th~t is necessary in
{II1:1 regard for and on behalf of the Party. .

ix) The G'eneral Secretary is vested -vvtth. povv·er$ to authorise

t 11.' 'I'reasrurer o-f the· Party to operate on his beh-~:W the Ban1~
1\I,pounts namely to deposit or to withdraw funds, and also in
! N.r )(lot of du ties ment ioned in sub-rule (viii) of this RWe.
 d,l, "I .. I tilt' CCI!'. 1'::1 ;-;(:Cl'ctary .
• "t I "I' ..•. (.!.('1.;.!.! ••'" (Pl' 'r.!J1!il Nn d u .

• Ij I r Lil';' C' ·,]Vr;i.l SeCr"tOtal'Y SO des ir-es he can not m na t c ,;

I i. I" II v ~~(:cl"C·t8.rJ{':-:,'!Ih i vc-Iv to loolc after tho' POorLy ;'u! nai n.ix! rn U(JJ1
'''"1 I III Turu.il Nat.iu.

"~I) T'Irc .L\ulh·l·i'-:~!'ll}n F'or rrrs addressed to 111(" Fi('('llOn

rlij' the ali.)lnll·[)t of the .T'wo Leaves SYfnbol 1" l ln:

-tflrjdld'-, (I-:: oon re st illb' '>n behalf of the AIADMK s ha.ll 1H' Si~l!(>d

;.,,1\ Lv Ih,~ General

•
SC;cf"I.:l'-l.ry.<

"111) The G(!llurnl ;-jn<;retary :is vested with the ngh t Io

"Wtlltlll!.c..l Joint S(-;cre1.an('s or Deputy Secr.etaries, in case of nred .
'J III '(lId) units, 'Uni(ln. Town, Township and Diat.rict Uri it s a nd
,.1} '. d.u.le units, bc s ir les elected functronaries. Mor-eove-r. tile
'II I ~ al Sccretal'Y a.lso is vested with the' powers to norni nar e
In the' posts. to 'compensate and give due
to worne n if in any of the party units at any le-vel.
eleoted to one third of the posts.

21 , DEPUTY GENERAL SECItE''):ARY

The General Secretary will 'nornirtate Deputy General

i1) The Deputy General Secretaries shall aaume the powers

Hf tlto General Seoretary i.n. the "absence of the General Secretary
tid pet.·foru1 the functrons of the Gene.r~ BeQretary,

T'REASURER

PI 'The 'I'reasurer of the Kazhaga.n1. wil1 beriorninated by the

O~nt.l ra~ Secretary ..

The Treasurer with the approval of the General Seoretary

ii)
fiJ.ltl! on his behalf will rnairrtain . the accounts relating to the
Hponipts and Expenditure and the properties of the ALtU):.M::K.
 ·11 'l'!n' T,'C'HSHrCl' w iIl bt~ r(:~pnnc;ilfl(' in n u u u r rn n aooou urs
I I i i 1t

",II,·,·,lllj) fees. t.lte lY){.;(:ipts out I.d' t.he Slat.e COnrGl;"'llo('s,··tl1e

II • "Itllll'krs s h a.re OUi. ui' the: bal.u ur of n rno u.n.t l';l:i:=-;ed during Ll){'
I 'I jI I ('on fcr-erico. mo ney rr-a li s. H·i fior u e st.ab) is hrnen ts. t l ie
.", II;' ',>(11. of movable and .rnrnova.bl.- <tSS('IS, t.he I'un ds ra is ed 1'1"01:},)

I. ,. I,d I' >! t', on behalf of t.he Party and 1 hr- prooeed s out of dr-ama.
I I,"'11"l<Jinl conferences. fi.lrri sho\\'i._; and Iiorn a Il ot.he r source-s.
I

I,. ,ill,,{, umounts as receipts for the Celltral Organisation, wit.h the
! It I 1'III '1lllll of the Gerie ra l Se(:l"e1a rv. lIe has to' disburse the
1(lII'Hflll'. towarda the expe nditu re i uu ns requir-ed by the General
I ,II.-tlll Y and the General Elxecut ive- Cornrn it rce and keep accounts
101 t I., 11'( otpts and payments thereat'

!v ] The party funds rc(:ei'-txl shall be credited irito Bank

Hi the name of either' the General Seoretary or the
'1' and held in a Ba nlc. For the purpose of the Party
w'l1f~ttcl}ture, the 'withdrawals f'rorn the Barile Account shall be
11,1, ill :h cheques signed either by the General" Secretary or by the
ill tl{Hlr'ot· authorised by the General Secretary_

The 'I'rea.sur-er shall .submit any file required by the Audi t

( IfHllnlittee for perusal.

I) The ~1::eti:lbers'of the General Oou.nofl will elect the

('h'ill"Cl1un of the Central Orgarnsation of the Party.

iq .The Chairman will preside over and conduct the

I" u, 'oeuings of the Central. Executive Cornrnittee and the General
l'lHtllcdl :l\.{eetings. In the abaence of the Chafrrnan, one' of the
1\-1
('n l~.}Crs present will temporarily preside over and conduct the
'\t(,(,r'ings.

HlIr.E: 24: HE'ADQUARTERS S,E'CRETARIES

--------~~----~--------~~~~--~---------
The
Headquarters Secretaries will carry out such
(t·UfHH\.sibilities as may be assigned to' tb ern by the General.
 ,)

111'1 I ." .. ,
Cl':NTH.AL EXECUTIVE COl\1MITTEE

!. 'J'll!' !,;u'ty EXPclltiv('~ Cou urutt co w il l j'LlIll:li'!!l vv it h t hc-

! if '1111' .dl1<'!' 1)\';11'('1'::-;. Tb ey are, t he Genern1 S('('1'c'lal',\, Deputy
I" '! , d . :t'('!"'b)',\', Presndi um Chair-man. Treasurer, !I"'Hlquar'1.Pl'
• , " j nt I":{, "J'~l('(;lio n VJing' Secretary. Party PnJprl.g:1nd.! S":r;H~tar:v,
~ ': ,: (, 'Il~;\tll:llli, Par-ty Legislative As.sernbl-, ( 'ornrnir rr-o
I"" "ll,tllI, P;ll'j~: OJ'ganizatjonal SyCl'et(:ll'ie~, ~\!i l u.l i.. l\1.(1,H,
rlpl •• 1111 :;(\(!l"('i<ir.Y, F'u.ra.tcb i 'Pha.laivi Poi-ava.i S(':I'l'<"~t;ll',V, 1\-1_G,n ..
l{(lil" \)Vllll~ St:cf"vtary. Wornerr'a Wing Beci-e ta rv. Srndt'l1TH' \i\rillg'
fIll ,\' Ann a T'hozhtr Sanganl Secretary. /\(h'()(',Il{;~' Wing
!II, Y. Mi nurit ie s Welfare Wirig' Secretar,v, AgTicIlltlll'(' \<Ving
fIJI,\', !,1}sl1cl'l(,S \'\iing Secretary, 'Medical \lVing Sec !"(~lrll''y and
11," vVing Sccl'etaQ-, An the above shall be I'('(;I)~ nl/~\:'d as the
I",. / 1\ "i Il;Xl~(;ll ti ve Cornrnitree Mernber s. If the n'TJJ"(',o...;l~nlation of
n "lit' 11 III the total nurnber of Executive Cornrnit.tee M embers is
h,,· IIIIl,It one-third, wornen member-s shall be riorniriat ed hy the
I ell I" I l\ 1 Secretary,

II} U n.les s it could not be convened for valid re-asons, the

Flxecutive Cornmrttee shall rnee t once in six rnon th.s. If
r; Hlrd m-oeaeary, the AL4DMK General Secretary can co rrverie the I

Ii!) Fourteen days notice should be given for ordinary

and seven days notice ~or urgent meetings of the Central
'rnlil'i'lll.lve Committee,

fOLE: 26 : HEADQUARTERS OF T.HE AIADMK

i} The Headquarters of tihe AIADl\rlK shall function frorn

ft'fttlllil Nad.u.

The Headquarters office will 'be located in Chennai for

i'i}
n.f! ('J II Eng the day to day functions of.the Party and for rnamtaining
!PI dnC!ts with all the units of the' Party_ '

One of the Secretar1~s of the Oerrtr al Organisation

I ii)
•
IHlllll11ated by t.he General Secretary will be incharge of
l (~'H<k{1Jarters Office.
Ii I fl I "', • AUDIT COMlVIITTEE

• t' II' II vvr l I ('(Hlstitutc' tl rc Audit C"'llHnitt(~e.

1'lI"I.I· pOl'sons cl eot cd to the' Aud it Oorurni tt.ee \\:iLJ .no t hold
j.. ..! II( J' nlTice except being thE' p i-iru.uy rnember s of th e Party ..
,
II} .tl'IIQY will a u.d it ell] r hr- incorne and e'xpo nd it ur-e of ch\

PROPERTY PR.OTECTION COl\1MITTEE

i) 'I'he General Sec·!"Plary. the Chairman , Treasurer and

."h, I 1\\.'0 persons to be e lec.r.ed by the General Council- Total five
~,III I "'Hn1.itute the Property Protection Oornrnit.tee.

I t> The Property Prot.ect ion Cornmi ttee will have control OVd'

lovable and irnrnova b le properties of the Party.

.H) All the existing immovable 'and movable properties shall

cd to have come under the full control of the Property
en Cornrnitt ee,

tv)
The properties that may be acqurred 111. future for the
n~1t{ should be recorded Ln the deeds as purchased on behalf of
'for the AIADMK by the General Secretar-y.

The' Gep.eral Secretary shall purchase or dispose of the

V).
of' the Party only on the decision of the Property
11 oot.ion Committee.

vi} The General Secretary shall have the right of taking a.ll
. -L.nJ Rteps and conducting cases in respect of the properties., en
~Qilnlf of the AL4DMK.

The tenure. of the Office of the Property

vii) Proteotion
l 'nn HHi. ttee will be the S~'"TIeas the Genez-al Col.rnoil. If the: General
( \ II H H: il ceases to exist, the Property Protection Oornmittee
It jltH ,h{ws will continue to hold office till the General Council is
 '" I I '£I ; PAHLIAl\1ENTAHY BOAHD

}. 'J'Iu- l'rll'!Wllh'I1iary .[)();,rd w il] be tht· dt"'(·iding a i u hor irv

" ,I t Ill1dlcl~!I("S ill i·(~SrH:;t·' ,)f ,1.11
e lcct.iorrs in vvh ich f11(' Pari:

I.) Board will

1101. rno rc t't ee n
other' rnernbr-rs norni nn t cd
t.ha n fi Il\'

1•.••, I{."ql nll!Ong i.h e rno n rb e rs, <II The General Co u nc.i l.

ttl} U ·necess;'l.!'Y the Par lio.me ntar-y Board may appoint suh·
, , • )4)111 Ii ces ·to g'eL Ull' view of Pn r ty wo rkevs teg'ar'di ng the ole ct.i.u i.

1\ ) During ex isrenr.ios . wh e re there is no su ffiaient ij rue rnj'

i 1.. "'ll lin.n1.0nt:..U): Boa rd to meet. the General Beoro tarv shall h.; \'('
.u.. i "}\'V -r to talce decision and get the same ratified subs! -q uo n t Iv
CC,.lner'al Council.

ELECTIONS TO THE PARTY UNITS

J) The Party Elections will be held in accordance with the

nnd regulations frarned by the General Seoret.ary for this
w,

ii) The Elections to the Office bearers for the Party units
{til be held once in every five years. Any extension of tenure shall
l . lk(dded by the Genera.l CounciL

lj i) Before conducting every aueh election the renewal of

I nl:libcreh.ip and enrolment of new rnernberrs 'shQuld be done within
hf' (fu'get date set by the General Secretary.

iv} The Elections to each unit .shall be held on the dates

hut tI'ind by the General Secretary.
/y
v) .' Those who want to contest fo~ the posbs of Office bearers
1I1(lir~ Party Or'gam.satdon should h~ve be·en me'IUbers.of the Party
tll~rive years withQut any break.

Those 'who on their own volition. had left the Party in between
til t «moved from the Party by the General Secretary on disciplinary
ttl '111111 wi'll cease to be Party rnernbere. If such persons have been
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!",llI,·it 11110 the Par-ty; t.l u- it: 111f.'1l1hc]ship .vil l be' talcen in to
.... 1" "ldy i":'<ltl1 their date of reUdt';lis::.;ion arid t.hey vill get t he
...
l·lIily ((I ('onLest Lh.e organisaii,)J1;,j (-:lc'dif'lJ::> only af'te r five

rilL Ililt,v\: merrfiorie d :R1l1~ will ;tppl,\' t.o ii1o:-:;{' who are expelled
for corrtes tirig' agains-t t.l u> ParLy's of'ficia.l candidates

!
I •
jJlI' JA/tf'ly
.. t ' .• 1I1<1';d tllLections or looal body elr-ot hm:---;. c\'(-~n if announcements
J ----~ .,. I. ~IXJJlll~;i.Qns
are not released.

II ""I,
'I'll<' t ";~ln(3ral Secretary is v8stf"d \\ il.l: t Iu- powe r to relax this

Members who have not reriewed their rnernber-ahip within

VI)
II .. ql'P(l~rt(ld time Iirrrit will be treated only as riew menabers when
I h· '. III t:l'l the Party again.

1
Once who is cont.eating tor a post ill the Party
,. !

. '":} ("'PI [!1.11·d:ion,should be a rnernber- of a. Bra ncb. Unit wifhiri the

td dlJtJltltion. of the par-ticu'lar unit.

viii) 'I'hoae responsible fox conducting the elections should no.t

"l ~Ht'!Jt for anjl' poatin the sam.e party unit.

ix) If a per-sen elected to an office in a Party unit is elected to

at tl-'l.e higher tier o.f the Party. he should resign O11.eo'f hi$
I'r('ic'e
V:4;lili!'l[1S V\.Iithin. 15 -iaays ITOIn the date of hia election'. If this' is not
. ,

.if.'.mfl by the per$$n hitnself. the Headquarter:;> will r~li~ve' hiw. (r;O'P'l
j tit' III' his positions.

Any 'eleotion dispute UJ,a Party unit will be sett~ed01 the

x)
ttl.HJ WI' tier of the :B~rty ·~it 11e~t above it. If the di.sp:ut~$·q;:r-e ~o~
S)"fI il~d upto i;h~~s,trict leve].. auch disputes will be. ref~r'ted to· tl:I~
( ~Hj I ('raJ Se-dre.t-a.f':V for '~l decision.

Th'€; c:ap.4i;date $'~.e]ting elections for the Party Posts l1lay.

xi)
nfiJI! 'It I to the. memners oanvassing their votes either by p~D:l.pblets
HI' I iI person detailing their Party activities. Exc-epiting this -any
OUil'I' :rnethod adopted by way of adverttsement or f-Ol"l:lJin.g gr.oups·.
ill' I,y any otb-en method involving expenditure of money shall be
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I, i,. ,I Hi, i'I"t:l.ion il'l'OguaJ"it ivs a nd til(: • ·:!ndiciat.(';s shall gl~t

I ,.rllI,." 1"11111 (;ol-itesting in the Pa r t v el(~(,il'l",,~

II) 'j'llI' dl',:ision of the Gorir rn.l St'On'r:li':,' --;Ilail be fi na.l in all
(,"'r d"'1,"h's.

•I t II I ;1f QUORUM FOR THE MEETING OF' THE

MEMBERS

II 'f'o conduct; the proceedings of th o 1-'r~rt y units one-fifth of

Ill> !..ln1 ItllJ.U'Ibers·should be present 111 tht·~ I·{'-";P(~(·tivc units of the
f "i \ \ I.' Village Panchayat Units. Di stri«t 1.: u t rs , arid also to the
I ., ',lIt 1\1,. lind General Councils of the Cern n.1.1
()r grt.1l1sation.

Executive 'I'hc
Committee mr-rnbr-rs who absent
three consecutive rnee tirig's wit hou t permission.
~II'.H I'"'!(·ll. their posts. The Executive Cornrni t t ee 'will have powers

j.~ fll tln ~t.hern on their written

I', representations.

TIME LIMIT TO CO!\'TVENETHE P ARTY

MEETINGS

I) Except for the Executive Cornrnitt ee and the General

meetings of>the Oentral .Party Organisation, fOl' the other'
""l'I,\ uruta, 5' daye nottoe should be given to the members tor·
!'<lU\!I'(I11\g' the ·E"x.eetive Cem.n:rittee meeting a.nd 10 days notice for
·~••dIVf'lllllg the G~I).e,rl.B0-dymeeting.

i i) If one-fif'th of the members of a Party unit r-equeat the

"f""·,,{I\,I'Y of the unit coneerraed to convene the 'the
meet;i.:v.L&,~
hti·!·hllg should be oonveraed within 15 days from the dat~ of teeeipt
{If t l i-- requisition.

H·ULE: 33 :

A member or an· office bearer of a Party unit may .resign

i)
hi:: member-ship by giving the resignation in wr itrng to the unit
(" ,'u ~(!t'ned_
 ) -,
'.- /

1I :~I"'!I l'I'Slg'IJ;di(J!} kilV"S sha.Il be f(}J'\"I,'ar.kd t o :li"

t lro Party v. rt h tile con se nt I){' t.h« CX"ClI!l\.','

unit

, :,u·1l fll'rS(ll1 wl io l'f'Slgns his 'post shall Jui ndovcr 1h,:

• f {. lid :, ill >If)llgillgS. files n nd accounr.s to the; ofticc ben re r s ,:1'

ll-~III~\ Illllt I)r to the office I)ear'ers of the Part}' un ir 1l0Xl n bo v c-
t l H' Hr-arlq ua.r tor-s or i.he Party,

;H : NO CONFIDENCE MOTION,

No .-on fidc nc.e rnot ion can be brought against t 11n olt'ioc
~d til<' Party u nii.s. One-third of the total rrierribe r s (11' 1 he
oouce rried giving va.Iid reasons in wri.ting rnay hl-ing
The no confidence merion
-·r·",d~1 II{' sent to the Secretary of the Par-ty unit concerned
{'I'" .1I d Illg' oopies thereof to the office bearers at the h.igtrer level of
- ttl.· r'ilt'l,y unit and also to the Headquarters of the Party, If the no
; ~ fUll" u"f"J\CC motion is against the Seoretary of the Party unit. t.he
f tH~"jf'll i"1f no confidence should be sent to the Secretary of the next
Higher than the u.nit conoerned.

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

I) udder the no confidence motion within 15 days from the date

iii) If the no confidence motion IS .agaanet the Secretary or a

~f \1 •. it. should be considered by the meeting presided over by the
t "n·bt.ry at the higher. level unit; or. by the person authorised by
to take appropriate action on the rnotiorr.

iv} If the
Body Meering is not convened, the
General
~HU'd.ary of higher level unit or the .Oerrtral Organisation of the
l'ul'Ly ffJay convene the rneetirig for ta.king decision on the no
ClfJlli'irfeace motion.

v] A no confide nee .motion shall be deemed to be passed only

H' two-third (2/3rd) of the total rnernbere of the Party urrit concerned
VI If (' fo.r it.
 jl j'Il.' {)fri(;l' l>l!;-Il'(~l' \\110 lS .n~Inoved front his post 1.1,\ 1111

I- "".11,,,,, Illilill111 s lial! 1l<lIHi,)\'cl' llle charge to the oi.he r !)Jl]i·t~

.. f fI,,, I 'arty t i n it :d\ >] tg' wi th t.he Party funds. be I cnlg'j ll~~.
r \I "I lI{"t( '(}H n t s

',' III fJ'J-i{, 1)1) co n f'idcnr:« i nor ion passed ·should be sent 1,1 ij'H'

!! "''111111 1t'l'B of the PClrT,Y.

\ ill) '111ft. su rcrnoved from office. rnav. senci hi~,;

office bearer
~1'1" III 111tlH'I' to the higher Ievo l unit. or to the General Sccl'etilt·y.
·fl'·Hlhiflil ni' the Gerie rat Se(·l·e1.ary on the appear shall he fi ua l

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

i) All the. rnernbei-s. the units of the Party and the oTicc
. 11'the units are subject. to the disciplinary control and tho
~ ,.dl.t~ JlIH.! reg'ula.tioris of the Party.

ill Disciplinary proceedi.ngs may be taken against those

1fi~.\ttJlll t~B or office bearers of the Party, v()!hoact against the policies
~hjl:fu;'fiGiples of the Party, indulge in actions lowering the prestige
'ur 1)1 pflrty, disobey the party rules and regulations and the Party
~.d~ fll the higher Ievel , fail to irnplernerrt the Party decisions and
. .
hi, ' ltd act against the discipline of the Party,

When disciplinary
iii}.' action is take;n, .two-third of the
mbers of ~.h~Party unit concerned should _b¢ present,
tv) Disciplinary
proceedings shall mclude admonition,
ftl"lling,. suspension, removal for a specific 'p~~:i.od from the Party
llit oxpulaion from the Par ty.

v): If. a person oha.rgod under the sub-rule (ii) above has to be
from his/her position rmmediatejy t.b.e Seeretary of the
It1111. athigher level can suspend hiln,· If hrs/her expulsion from the

Plu"by is necessary the s'arne niay be .recornrnended to the General

!J1'l ;l:{.:iary.
 29

\lVll('tl ,t d.issoi p li nnrv 11l'OC'{~cding ;1f";'linst a rnernber or a

,t r.toll l<-Illpla.ted, a (:ll;u'~'() ~,b8et should be' is sur-d spelling ou r
, ':1 J
."1',, 111111
rJr to the- n n i..:Ind nallinl' C)-
(01' oxptarration 'within '7
nlJ it I ""hy disciplUW1) ;lC:t i. m SiH)uid 11. It be tals.en' against hiJ1.1
f ,,' I'" I I.,\' LJ nil.. '

'11) I )'Hciplillary action rnay be tak c: I. against a rnernbe r or

." ,11;'{"Il ht '\I'e1' of the Pa rt.v unit w
by the EXt:(;IIt..ive
~ f
Cornrni.ttee of the
I .,! \ lind or by the .Paatv u n it next higher to it OJ" by the General
• l.dlll,\

.. lil) I)isciplinary action against a Par ty unit may be taken

I, Party unit ... the General
, ,II,,! f.h.e at; the higher Jevel or bv
" "111 1(1';".
The disciplinary action taken shall be' deemed to have
J''-)
• ('II It hJ.~oterce f'rorn the date of irutiat.ing disciplinary action. On
"1'JlfiHt by the aggrieved person agarnst, the disciplinary action. the
(ll "or!;: l Secretary may stay the disciptinary action t;ill the. disposal
III appeal.

. x)person or an unit against whom disciptinary actron has

A
.,.,., u taken ahould harid over the belongings, paper-s, accounts iri
lo1r, pos::i'essi<)n and r-esponeibilrties in the Party to the office bearer
any ether office bearer of the higher level unit.
(, I

xi) Th~ appeal p.etitions received against the. disciplinary

ill f I( in . s;1iall'15e considered by the General Secretary. 'either directly
Ill" Illxougb a peraon or a Committee authozised al:[d justice
!J ltd "reel.

If i:;n;n;nediate disciplinary action is considered necessary,

xii)
t lu- Gen.eral 'Sed:r-et~ry shall have power to remove' 01;' suspeJ;)..d any
p'i'ltnarcy member 'or offlce bearer' from the Pa-rty. If those penaons
ngllj.nst: who.m euob, diSciplinary action is take:q, a,pologiSe both in
wr rl.ing; and:in 'pers.on before the General Secretary for their aerton,
IiI(' General
.
Secret3!ry shall have power to consider. S"Ucll apology, .

IIHt'donthem anddrop such disciplinary proceedings.

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- llil - I'll<" dl"{:isintl uf t h o (_;el}f'ral 8PC-l-,·-tcl1".\· OJ! the; di:'..;(!iplillary

,. '·d'111'I' 1I111111 he I'inu l. T'lio se wh o <lppnxH:!1 the Cf)lU·ts
• ,{I •. ",llll,: IIIJI;1t douislOI1. shalJ fOJ·rt.~it t h o i r mcr nlx-rxh ip by v i tt.ue
.1'1111 1I11<lJl.S of Rule 5.

;Hi.; PURATCHI THALAIVAR MGR MANRAl\1.:

fl Th,' Puratchi 'I'halaivar MGR Ma nrom tor-rued in the

"III III «hi Thalaivar 11GR is devoted l-n sf'lYing the Public
tilly !I(:lf.interest~

II) TIl<' Pur-atchi 'I'halaivar MGR Ma n ra.n i w ill function at

ll1ri( r iut. Union, City and Town levels.

11fJ. The PuratohiThalaivar J...1GRManram being a subsidiary

Illdl ,of t 11('Party will function subject to the Rules and Regulations
IIf 1111 L'u r Ly .

1\') The Adrniruatra tive Organisation or the Puratchi

II1"JII IVIlI- MGR Manr am will be under t.he direct control of the
t'~llt 1,\ clt..:neral Secretary.

UP!.}'; ._---
: 87: PURATcm THALAIVI J JAYALALITHAA
PER-AVAI
Puratchi 'I'halaivi Peravai will be an oi-ganiaatton duly
i)
in the name of the General Seoretary, the P'uratohi. Thalaivi.
•dllhlHling of those pezsons who serve for the cause of the public
, if II(IU t any self interest whatsoever.

Ii) The Puna tehi Thalaivi Pera vai will function at Diatrict,
l~tlll(:llR.yat Unson, City. Division, Town Panohayat, Ward and
I Ilndla.yat levels,

Pur-atclai 'Thalaivi Peravai, being a Subsidiary~unit of the

hi}
RI~'/,hagam will function only aubject to the Rules and Regulations
ofl.hC! Kazhagam.

iv) The adrninistrative set up of the Peravai will function

IIndl~r' the direct conzrol af the General Secretary.
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11I1 STUDENT'S WING

II 'I'll" Sttld~Jl;.s \\iii1! ..;- will f'urict.ion as an a.dj u ue t 'II ih~~

1\ ':HI,'ll'd In t.lie d ixc ipl inr- ~i.nrl contr-ol of the ·AIADl'v1K.

lq '11'liI' St.udents \lVing wrll fun.otion at the Di s ttior . l'l!JOl1,

11101 I ilvlsionai lovo l. Fo r these. the posts of Cha.irrnan. D, lLlt.:,.-

I L"n IIIHII. S('Cretal'Y; Secretaries,
Joint Treasurer have :)ccn
• • HI,., I [\1::0 each CollegE;: will have one party org'ariizar ic-n of'

~ _
IH} '(the AIAD]\,1E: s t ude n t s organisation will function .lilld.e t:

,tll ntll, :nlpervisi()n of t.he Gerie ra.l Secretary.

WOMEN'S \VING

vVing or the AIADMK wrll be an adjunct to

The Women's
Hii . t 'fir·ty and function under the control 0.£ the Party. The aarne
-'.·Hlptl which govern the adjunct associations wtll apply to this also.

U) Tb e function patterns of these bodies

and adminiatr-ative
-h,. under the direct supe rviaion of the Gener-al SeCl.~etary.
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,_ Ili) The' Women's an adjunct
Wmg will funct.iorr as
_ '-;:\U l>MK Party subject to its ctiseiptine and corrtrot.

.' The Wornen 'a Wing will function at ·th.e District, Union. Oity.
of the
1/ ;

_:c .~ swu Pal'.l.Ch.~yat and Divisional level.. Th~ 'po:.sts~of Chairrn~n,

1·~lrllty .ChalIDJ.a.n, Secretary and .Ioirrt SeGr~t~rles are beIngj
'for that purpose.
t".t1Itte.d ~

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MGR YOUTH WING l

,f
.The }"·1,G.R.Youth Wing will furretforr as an adjunct
i) of the
AII\DMK Party subject to its discipline.

11) The posts of Chairman, Deputy Chairman. Secretary,

.Ir n n.t Secretaries, Deputy Secretary and Tre~surer will be appointed
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II. ,,,,,,,,It,,'llt')IlH'(!\I·.\ (;1' fllt, jJart.\ i'()j' rlll1(·tionlng" at Ill.(' level of

'110141(,( IJIILPII, ClI,> , 'J'o w n Pan{:b;·,ynl. illlcl Drviaio n.

I'll TIl<" ni1l1:1inislrafi"l\. s(~t u p j"O)' t h e- '}t"ganization ariel its

liltlllJ( Hhall lh' u nr lo r the din'(:j ("(Introl of the Partyx

,J l ! I II if.; ANNA TRADE UNION FEDERATION

1J 'J'hr' f\ilna Trade Union Fed(~['at1011 vvil l fu nc.t iou as an

H1ll!UI,1 fil'.
fllq AfADMK Party .
II) 'nln adminiatra.tive set up a nd clay to day functioning of
!\ i,\ I )Ml< c.t'rade Uriion Feder-n t.ions shall be under the direct

n
The Advocates Wing "viti funotion as an adjunct of the
1\ 11M K Party subject to its discipline,
,
i
fl.} It \1ViU function at the District leveL· For the \VlUg, the' \

IIlI, turin,Secretary, Joint Secretaries, and Treasurer will be. .,

:' f~t·t" ·tnt ·d by the Party's General Secretary. f

I.ii) The administrative set up and the wozkrng' plan~ for·the

be .under the direct control of the Party's General /
I
I
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II t I L~ 41.- B ~ Mi1l-Clr:iti"¢sWelfare Wing :
-,
i) 'r.Q.e 1Y1tn.o.:d.ties Welfare Wing will f'unctton as an adjunct -,
"Jr' t.ll(~ AIADJY.t:K Party subject its discipline" to r
i
s

i.i) It will function at the. District, Union, City and 'Divisdonal/

JI'vd. For.' the wing, the Che.irrnan, Secretary. Joint Secretarial
ttl-HI rrreasu.rer w...u beappoirrted by.t.he Par'ty''a Genel·~U$:eoretal~Y.\
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JII) '1'Jlf' 1IIIII}1III~;I.I';l.ti\'(' :';f~1. up and i hc vvo rk in s; l'i;;J)!,-: Ir »: the

oIflli ..I,HII I", IlIad(') (he d iicot co ntro l of t.h« P'o{['1.\":-: Get1<"1"11

••• 1, ~,' i'

ft t 1 t ,'! 11 {. 'Al~ri~~i.ur~l \Ving ;

II ['Ill AI~TjcIIlLUl'aJ Wing will function as all 'Hijunct of r lre

q i IIV11{ j'tlrty subje ct to its discipline.

lil II \'vlll I'll no tiori at the District Union level. For t.hr- wing, the
1 frlJllflllHI, t-)(!(':retary. Join.t Secretaries, and Tl'e~l~Un~l' wi.ll be'
~~I'Jlllltl{I'" by t.he Party's General Sect'etar} ,

1111 "'III' lldnlinistrative set up and the worlcing plans for the wirig
,,111111 ISt, u nrlcr the di.rect; control of the Partye Ge ne [';:d Secretary,

tt \11 Y 'U -D - Fisheries Wing!

1) Th,e Fisheries Wing will function as an adjunct of the

_.r\)1\ liMK Party subject to its discipline.

'ii) It will function at the District,

City, Divisional Union,
For the wing. the Chainnan, Se.cretary. Join.t Seoretaries
1'11,'1] Treasurer win be appointed by the Party's General Seoretary.

iii} The adrrrirriatr-acrve set up and the working plans for the.
\\,1 ng shall be under the, direQt control of the Party's General
fit -oretar-y.

a~JLE 41-E - Medical Wii).g r

The Medical Wing 'will furictton as an adjunct of the

i)
I\lADMK Party subject to ~ts disoipltne.

It will function ~t the District level. For the wing? the

ii)
Chairman, Secretary. ~oint Secretaries, .arid Treasurer will be '
uppoirited by the Party's General Secretary.

The adIDinistrative 'set up, and the worktng plane for the,
'iii)
wing shall be under the direct control of the Party's General
Secr-etar-y.
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I" I .11.t:rnry Vv'ing :

lJ TIlt, IJitl'I':U',\' \t\;lng wi l l runct.ion as an -u lj u ncL ;Ji' l.l!'

I'nl"Y:"1I1bji'(;1 In i!:-:; di.soi pl ine.

III H 'vvill fllJicli'll) cd the District and Union It~\'l-'l. F\)!' lilt'

III" (!hlLir'nlM1J, S"Vl'('lnry, .Joint Secretaries, and 'I n·:t:-:1J"(,r'

{l 111 II_t,IIPlllllllt d by r lu Pal'iy's Gerre ra.l Secretary.

,tit) 'f'hn ad n ri ni-st i-a r ivo set up and the working plu ris fo r I!J,"
l\"WU tltlltll be urid or t l u- direct control of tile Party's (;(,TW1';,j

TENUR.E

s: II 'th(-'. Gerierat that there are ge.nuruo l'(.>:tSOll~

S("c1'(:tary fee l s
jn)J-llg to cha ug iruz Situations. the General Secretary if; \'esL\!d
1- tho power to exernpt fr orrt the above' mentioned Rules and
lntioris

A1\.-1ENDMENTS

f'r,he General Council will have' pow~rs to frame. arnend or

. t-l:d;o any of
the Rules of the Party Conaitunion. But the Rule that
1'10 Gener-al Seoretary should be elected only by aIr' the Primary
'tt.-nnbersof the Party cannot be changed Q:ramended since it for-ms
.:he basic struoture of the Par-ty. \ 1

n.ULE 44: ASSOCIATIONS (MANltA~~AL) ,

i)_ o rg_anisations
and Associations forrned by the non-
n iembers of the Party shall not be recognise? by- tbe Party as
Hu'bsidiary, units. Those desirous ,of start.ing or-garrisatious 01'
libraries shall obtain the permission of ',the Partyls General
S,~cretary. One of the Sacra tar ies of the, Oi-garrisa tion wil.l also be
rnembee of the Exeoirttve Corrnnittee of the Party Unit oorrcer ned.

ii) If pr-opagaaida rneet.irigs have to be organised on behalf of

, ,

such Organisations or Libraries, the same shall be done after duly

 !,} l·:lb(.'h of i.ho T.ihrar.',··oL· Ht·,',li!1f.;' roo n is not exceodirur ri\'l'
~' 11lllllfll'f wr t.li in t lu- j uriad irt iou (,i :) Vi ll ago , Town PHnch:lY:11.
".~nllt'II!,'lli v.. ..-
'I'owns hi n T'a rt
..1.
v Uilii~: IJl('ll' ..)
olect 'one .l)eJ'SOD
1:
e;;l.ch t,)
~1}~fHI'IHvu (Jon:u11Jitec' of 1f~\: l-':Hty 1 ;JdL (;ol1cerneci,

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fUI~.tq :lr.~i\t1THORrs~Tlq~ 1'0_ G~NF~BAL SECR~TARY

. .~ttltri General Secre t» ry is Iu llv aut hor-ieod to relax or runkr-

to any of rh e af'ovcs.vid Hules and Regulations of the'

TAKES EFFECT FROl\1

Rules \'v1.11 come i.nt.o (:ffeet fr'orn 01.11-1976 (]

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1976).