Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)

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The Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) alias Moopanar Congress (transl. Tamil State Congress (Moopanar); abbr. TMC(M)) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded by the G. K. Moopanar on 29 March 1996 as a breakaway faction from the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. TMC won 41 seats in that election within 3 month's of formation of TMC(M). After Moopanar's death, the party's officials chose his son G. K. Vasan to lead the party in 2002. The TMC(M) was merged with Indian National Congress from 2002 to 2014. The party was again formed after a split from INC in November 2014. It was allied with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and is part of the Indian political front, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2019.

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