Overview

• At a special general council meeting on August 17 at Pattanur, S. Ramadoss was reinstated as PMK president through bylaw changes first approved on May 30.
• The council granted him exclusive authority to negotiate and decide the party’s alliances for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
• An eight-member Disciplinary Action Committee presented a report outlining 16 charges against his son, Anbumani Ramadoss, including alleged attempts to split the party.
• The meeting passed 37 resolutions aimed at mobilizing the Vanniyar base, including demands for 10.5% internal reservation and a caste-wise census.
• Anbumani’s faction rejects the founder-led council’s legitimacy after its own parallel meeting in early August, leaving PMK deeply divided ahead of the polls.