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Vaiko, birth name Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy, is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the Parliament of India from Tamil Nadu . [1] He is the founder and General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), a political party active mainly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
Mar 19, 2024 · Vaiko, the MDMK leader who rebelled against M Karunanidhi's son Stalin in 1993, has now anointed his own son Durai Vaiko as his political heir. The article traces Vaiko's rise and fall in Tamil Nadu politics and his alliance with DMK and NDA.
Jul 5, 2019 · Mr Vaiko, an advocate and a powerful speaker in English and Tamil, was arrested by the J Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government in 2002 under the anti-terror Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for a...
Durai Vaiko (born 2 April 1972) is an Indian Political Leader and the son of Vaiko, founder of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).He was appointed as the MDMK principal secretary of the party, one of the party's star campaigners and leads the internet wing for MDMK.
Sep 11, 2022 · The nearly six decades of political life of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko was recalled and celebrated in the documentary film Mamanithan Vaiko - The Real Hero...
Mar 15, 2021 · Vaiko became a vocal critic of dynasty politics in DMK. He said he was expelled so that Karunanidhi could promote his son, the now party president MK Stalin as the next leader. In 1996,...
MDMK chief Vaiko has moved the Madras High Court, seeking to quash the order of a lower court, which convicted him of sedition in a 2009 case and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for...
