Overview

• Party founder S. Ramadoss filed a petition with the Tamil Nadu DGP on July 24 seeking to ban his son’s padayatra over law and order concerns.
• The petition requests that PMK flags and other party insignia be prohibited during the march organized without the founder’s approval.
• Anbumani unveiled the logo this week for his ‘Tamil Nadu People’s Rights Retrieval Journey,’ which runs from July 25 to November 1.
• His 100-day tour aims to reclaim ten fundamental rights that he says the DMK government has withheld from Tamil Nadu residents.
• The public dispute underscores a deepening leadership rift over party control and administrative legitimacy ahead of the 2026 state elections.