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Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi (People's Tamil Land Party, in
Tamil
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: மக்கள் தமிழ் தேசம் கட்சி), generally just called Makkal Tamil Desam (MTD) is a
political party
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in the
India
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n state of
Tamil Nadu
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. MTD was founded on 22 August 2000. MTD has its base amongst the Yadava (Konar) (Ietaiyar) (Ietaiyan) caste in the north and southern parts of the state.
The Tamil Nadu Yadava Mahasabai supported the formation of the party. The party leader is S. Kannappan, a former
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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(AIADMK) minister. Kannappan had been expelled from AIADMK before the foundation of MTD.
Ahead of the 2001 Tamil Nadu assembly elections MTD joined the
National Democratic Alliance
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(NDA).
On 6 May 2002, the
Puducherry
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unit of MTD broke away and joined
Indian National Congress
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.
In the 2004 MTD took part in the
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, the third front in Tamil Nadu together with
Janata Dal (United)
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,
Puthiya Tamizhagam and the
Dalit Panthers of India. This front was basically formed by groups who were dissatisfied that
Bharatiya Janata Party
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(BJP) had put NDA aside in Tamil Nadu and instead had launched a pure BJP-AIADMK front in the elections. MTD contested under the JD(U) symbol.
Political parties in Tamil Nadu
2000 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Political parties established in 2000