Overview

• Founder S. Ramadoss has installed Murali Shankar as the PMK’s new general secretary, replacing S Vadivel Ravanan.
• Party president Anbumani Ramadoss publicly asked his father to forgive him while asserting his intent to retain the presidency.
• Anbumani accused the DMK government of targeting PMK and betraying the Vanniyar community to distract from its own failures.
• He announced a 100-day “people’s rights retrieval yatra” starting on July 25 to mobilise support on social justice and reservation demands.
• Despite the rift, Anbumani remains confident that PMK will be a key constituent of the coalition that wins the 2026 state elections.