Puratchi Bharatham Katchi
Indian political party From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Puratchi Bharatham Katchi (transl. Revolutionary India party; abbreviated as PBK) is an Indian social movement and political party that seeks to combat caste based discrimination, active in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is founded by M. Murthy. The party operates in the states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. M. Jagan Moorthy is the current president of the party. This party was established for education, employment and economic development of the Scheduled Caste people.
Puratchi Bharatham Katchi | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PBK |
| President | M. Jagan Moorthy |
| Treasurer | M. Maran |
| Founder | Poovai M. Moorthy |
| Founded | 26 January 1978 |
| Headquarters | 13, First Floor, Perum Salai, P.R.C. Complex, Poonamallee, Chennai – 600056, Tamil Nadu, India. |
| Ideology | Scheduled Castes interests |
| Political position | Syncretic[1] |
| Colours | Blue |
| ECI Status | Unrecognised Party |
| Alliance | AIADMK front (2019-present), SPA (2006-2011) |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www.thepbk.in | |
History
It was initially started as the Ambedkar Mandram in 1978 by Moorthy and later reformed into Ambedkar People Liberation Front (APLF). In 1998, It became a full-fledged political party on its current form of 'Puratchi Bhartham Katchi'.[2] After Poovai Moorthy's death in 2002, his brother M. Jaganmoorthy became the party leader. The party leader M. Jaganmoorthy contested in DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance and won the Arakkonam Assembly constituency in 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election on the DMK symbol.[3] The party extended its support to the AIADMK in the 2016.[4] In the 2021 Tamil Nadu Election, Jaganmoorthy contested on behalf of the AIADMK-led Alliance in the Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency on the AIADMK symbol and won 83,989 (48.57%) votes by defeating the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate.[5]
Controversy
There was a case in the court against the usage of Ashoka Chakra in the middle of the party flag.[6]
List of party leaders
Presidents
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 |  |
Poovai M. Moorthy (1953–2002) |
26 January 1978 | 2 September 2002 | 24 years, 219 days |
| 2 |  |
Poovai M. Jaganmoorthy (1966–) |
7 September 2002 | Incumbent | 22 years, 181 days |
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