A few years ago, it appeared that the DMK had outlived its utility. The issues that propelled its growth in the 1950s and 1960s like anti-North, anti-Aryan, anti-Hindi campaign and a call for state autonomy seemed to have run out of steam from the 1990s as the party became part of the very set-up it abhorred — Government of India.
C N Annadurai and M Karunanidhi, V R Nendunchezhiyan andK A Mathialagan at the unveiling of the DMK nameboard in 1949
CHENNAI: A few years ago, it appeared that the DMK had outlived its utility. The issues that propelled its growth in the 1950s and 1960s like anti-North, anti-Aryan, anti-Hindi campaign and a call for state autonomy seemed to have run out of steam from the 1990s as the party became part of the very set-up it abhorred — Government of India. Read the entire story on TOI+ https://www.thetimesofindia.online/india/how-the-dmk-has-reenergised-itself-at-71/articleshow/78160937.cms