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TTV Dhinakaran launches his party Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, unveils flag with Jaya's photo

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After a series of legal skirmishes over allotment of a party symbol, sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday launched his political party and unveil the flag in Madurai.

"Amma Makkal Munetra Kazhagam will be the name of my party," said TTV Dhinakaran addressing his supporters at Melur in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.

The flag of the party also consists a picture of late J Jayalalithaa.

"We will contest the ensuing elections in the Cooker symbol. Our goal is to retrieve AIADMK and it's symbol "Two Leaves" from the betrayers - O Panneerselvam and Edappadi K Palaniswami," Dhinakaran said.

Dinakaran said after the Election Commission ordered in favour of the OPS and his combine on November 23, his faction has been functioning without a name for the last four months.

"How long can we function without a name? So we moved the Delhi High Court where we challenged the EC order to allot a poll symbol and party name until the final verdict. We got an order in our favour," he said.

"Our party will strive for the uplift of poor and work for the welfare of farmers. We will retrieve the state's right in Cauvery river water. We will not allow the establishment of any projects against the wishes of the people. We will work realising Jayalalithaa's dream of making the state, a model state, in the industrial development. Besides, we will create new employment opportunities for youths. With these promises, we are ready to face the elections anytime whether it is the local body or Parliamentary polls. We will emerge victorious," Dinakaran said.

The Delhi High Court, on March 9, allowed Dhinakaran's plea for allotment of a common symbol, preferably 'pressure cooker', and a name of his choice for the AIADMK faction led by him.

The court order came on an interim application filed by the Dhinakaran-V K Sasikala faction in their main petition challenging the Election Commission's November 23 order last year, which had allotted 'two leaves' symbol to the group headed by Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam.

Panneerselvam is the coordinator of the AIADMK and Palaniswami is the joint coordinator.

Dhinakaran, who won the RK Nagar Assembly bypoll, held in December last as an independent candidate on the 'pressure cooker' symbol, had earlier told the court that he needed a temporary name and symbol for his group to interact with the electorate in the eventuality of elections to local bodies or any other polls.

The by-poll was necessitated by the death of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

The RK Nagar MLA launched a political party comes weeks after actor-politician Kamal Haasan floated his party 'Makkal Needhi Maiam' in Madurai.

On December 31, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth had announced his decision to enter politics but he is yet to launch a party.

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