Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam: Dhinakaran names new party after Jaya

Rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today floated a new party, the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam named after the late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

Dhinakaran, who has the support of several dissident party workers and leaders, said the new outfit would capture power in the state and unveiled the party's flag, which features the image of a smiling Jayalalithaa in the middle.

The flag is black on top and red below with white in the middle.

In his brief address at a venue near this Tamil



Nadu town, Dhinakaran recalled the difficulties faced by party workers in carrying forward their organisational work without a name.

The Delhi High Court was approached in the matter and directed the Election Commission to allot the 'pressure cooker' symbol to him, he said.

Dhinakaran won from the symbol in the RK Nagar bypoll last December with a huge majority.

Party mouthpiece Dr Namadhu MGR yesterday refrained from using the word 'party' and instead used 'organisation' to refer to the new outfit.