Resolutions
The High-Level Committee meeting of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) was held on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at 10.00 a.m. at the party headquarters, Thaayagam, under the chairmanship of the party Presidium Chairman, Auditor A. Arjunraj.
Party General Secretary Vaiko addressed the meeting.
Party Treasurer Mu. Senthiladhiban, Principal Secretary Durai Vaiko, MP, Deputy General Secretaries Senji A.K. Mani, Aduthurai R. Murugan, D.M.U. Rajendran, Dr. Rohaiya, and members of the High-Level Committee participated in the meeting.
The resolutions adopted in the meeting are as follows:
Resolution 1
In Tamil Nadu, as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, door-to-door verification was completed and the draft electoral roll was published on December 19. Based on this, the Election Commission has stated that 97.38 lakh voters have been deleted from the rolls in the State.
As on October 27, the total number of voters stood at 6,41,14,587 (over 6.41 crore).
In the newly released draft electoral roll, the number of voters is 5,43,76,755 (about 5.43 crore).
The Election Commission has claimed that booth-level officers conducted door-to-door verification at least three times and, based on this, names of those who had migrated, those who had died, and those with duplicate registrations were removed.
According to the Commission, the deleted voters include:
– Deceased: 26,94,672
– Migrated / not found at address: 66,44,881
– Duplicate registrations: 3,39,278
Totalling 97,37,831 voters removed from the rolls.
As had happened earlier in Bihar, we had already warned that irregularities would occur in the intensive revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, and that apprehension has now come true.
The deletion of as many as 64.44 lakh voters on the grounds of migration or not being available at the address raises serious doubts.
Eligible voters whose names are missing must immediately submit Form 6 for inclusion. Objections for deletion should be filed through Form 7, and address changes through Form 8, by January 18, to the booth-level officers.
As the DMK-led secular progressive alliance may also have to confront the Election Commission in the Assembly election arena, the MDMK High-Level Committee urges cadres and booth agents of the alliance parties, including the DMK, to carry out intensive field-level verification in every polling booth regarding the deleted voters.
Resolution 2
In 2005, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government implemented the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to provide livelihood security to rural people.
This law emerged as a vital and sustainable solution to address drought, rural distress, and unemployment, and played a major role in alleviating rural poverty.
However, after the BJP government led by Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, systematic attempts were made to weaken the MGNREGA scheme.
Between 2008 and 2011, the annual allocation for the scheme was about 0.4% of the Gross Domestic Product. Since then, the Modi government has steadily reduced funding through successive Union Budgets.
While ₹98,468 crore was allocated in 2021–22, the allocation was reduced to ₹73,000 crore in 2022–23 and further to ₹60,000 crore in 2023–24. In 2023–24, the allocation stood at just 0.198% of GDP.
Due to this shortfall, the guaranteed 100 days of employment could not be provided, and the average has dropped to barely 40 days of work per year.
Further, the Union government removed lakhs of poor rural beneficiaries nationwide from the rolls on the pretext of Aadhaar not being linked. States not ruled by the BJP were particularly discriminated against in fund allocation.
In this context, the Union government has renamed the scheme as “Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)” (VB-GRAM-G).
The removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the scheme is strongly condemnable and once again exposes the Union government’s hostility and animosity towards Mahatma Gandhi.
Under the new framework, while earlier the Union government bore the full cost, States are now required to bear 40% of the expenditure, increasing their financial burden and diluting the scheme itself.
The meeting strongly demands that the Union government withdraw this new law immediately.
Resolution 3
Widespread attacks were carried out during Christmas celebrations in States including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Delhi, Assam, Haryana, Odisha, Bihar, and Kerala.
Statistics indicate that more than 700 attacks against Christians occurred across India between January and December 2025.
These attacks peaked during Christmas celebrations, with fascist Hindutva extremist groups carrying out brutal assaults.
From attacking people dressed as Santa Claus exchanging greetings, to coordinated attacks on schools, universities, and church premises where Christmas celebrations were organised, RSS–BJP fascist gangs carried out these assaults across the above States. This deserves the strongest condemnation.
MDMK urges all democratic and progressive forces to unite and struggle to uproot Hindutva fascism.
Resolution 4
In Tirupparankundram of Madurai district, the RSS–BJP Hindutva Sangh Parivar attempted, for the first time, to light lamps at a survey stone located on land belonging to the Sikandar Badusha Dargah near the hilltop shrine, with the intention of disrupting communal harmony.
MDMK expresses its appreciation and gratitude to the Tamil Nadu government for thwarting these conspiracies using the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court’s verdict, and to the people of Madurai for rejecting divisive political forces and preserving religious harmony.
Resolution 5
India’s backbone, the agricultural sector, is already in deep crisis. The grim reality that one farmer commits suicide every hour starkly exposes this distress.
In such circumstances, the Union government’s draft Seed Bill, 2025 is akin to rubbing salt into farmers’ wounds.
The Seed Act of 1966 regulated only commercial seeds and did not interfere with farmers’ traditional rights to save and share seeds. The new 2025 Bill, however, is entirely different. It treats seeds not as a community resource, but purely as a corporate commodity.
One of the most dangerous aspects of the Bill is that it indirectly hands over price-fixing powers to corporate entities. Saving seeds from one’s own produce and sharing them with fellow farmers is an age-old Indian tradition.
The mandatory registration of all seeds will alienate and eliminate traditional native varieties from the market.
Stripping farmers of seed rights will endanger India’s food sovereignty.
Agriculture is a State subject, yet this Bill centralises powers with the Union government, eroding the rights of States. It also weakens protections granted to farmers under the 2001 Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act and contradicts international biodiversity agreements.
When crops fail due to substandard seeds, seeking compensation from multinational corporations will be nearly impossible for farmers. The country has not forgotten the economic devastation and farmer suicides caused by genetically modified seeds like Bt cotton.
Seeds are not merely agricultural inputs; they are the lifeblood of food, heritage, ecological wisdom, and identity. Handing them over to corporate profit-seeking is equivalent to mortgaging India’s future. Hence, MDMK strongly demands the withdrawal of the Seed Bill, 2025
.Resolution 6
Party General Secretary Vaiko, who created history by undertaking a 6,000-kilometre padayatra for Tamil Nadu’s welfare, has previously led ten padayatras to protect Cauvery water rights, remove the Sterlite toxic plant, safeguard the Mullaperiyar dam, interlink South Indian rivers, demand total prohibition, and oppose the Neutrino project.
He has now announced the Samathuva Padayathirai (Equality March) to rescue youth from drug, ganja, and opium addiction; to promote social and religious harmony; to defeat Hindutva–Sanatana forces; and to campaign for the continuation of the Dravidian movement government.
The march will begin on January 2, 2026, in Tiruchirappalli and conclude on January 12, 2026, in Madurai.
MDMK appeals to the people of Tamil Nadu to extend their full support to Vaiko, the spearhead of the Dravidian movement, in this Equality March undertaken for the progress of Tamil Nadu.
Resolution 7
To face the 2026 Assembly elections, the party has initiated election fund mobilisation. The High-Level Committee resolves to hold fundraising meetings involving Party General Secretary Vaiko from the first week of February.
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28.12.2025