Tamil Nadu Congress Committee

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
President	K. S. Alagiri
Chairperson	K.Selvaperunthagai
Headquarters	Sathyamurthy Bhavan, General Patters Road, Chennai-600002, Tamil Nadu
Youth wing	Tamil Nadu Youth Congress
Women's wing	Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism; Social liberalism; Democratic socialism; Social democracy; Secularism;
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	8 / 39
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 18
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly	18 / 234
Election symbol
Website
	inctamilnadu.in//
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) is the wing of Indian National Congress serving in Tamil Nadu.^[2] The current^[when?] president is K.S. Alagari.

Social policy of the TNCC is officially based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya (upliftment of all sections of the society). In particular TNCC emphasises upon policies to improve the lives of the economically underprivileged and socially unprivileged sections of society. The party primarily endorses social liberalism (seeks to balance individual liberty and social justice).

Ideology and policy positions

Since the 1950s, the TNCC has favored liberal positions (the term "liberal" in this sense describes modern liberalism, not classical liberalism) with support for social justice and a mixed economy. TNCC strongly supports Liberal nationalism, a kind of nationalism compatible with values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights.^[3]

Historically, the party has favoured farmers, labourers, and the working upper class; it has opposed unregulated business and finance. In recent decades, the party has adopted a centrist economic and socially progressive agenda and has begun to advocate for more social justice, affirmative action, a balanced budget, and a market economy. The economic policy adopted by the modern TNCC is free market policies, though at the same time it is in favour of taking a cautious approach when it comes to liberalising the economy claiming it is to help ensure that the weaker sectors are not affected too hard by the changes that come with liberalisation. In the 1990s, however, it endorsed market reforms, including privatisation and the deregulation of the economy. It also has supported secular policies that encourage equal rights for all citizens, including those from the lower stratas. The party supports the somewhat controversial concept of family planning with birth control.

Economic policy

The Congress strongly endorses a mixed Capital economy in which both the private sector and the state direct the economy, reflecting characteristics of both market economies and planned economies. A leading economic theory advocated by the modern Tamil Nadu Congress party is import substitution industrialisation that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. Party also believes that mixed economies often provide environmental protection, maintenance of employment standards, a standardized welfare system, and maintenance of competition. The Indian National Congress party liberalised the Indian economy, allowing it to speed up development dramatically.

Healthcare and education

Tamil Nadu Congress Pioneered the first Midday Meal Scheme in India in the Year 1953.^[4] This led to a huge wave of enrollment by students from the predominant rural and semi urban pockets of Tamil Nadu, which helped increase the Literacy rate of the state from 16% in 1947 to 82% in 2011. Today, it has become the largest schoolchild feeding programme in the world, covering 110 million students in 1.2 million schools. This rural health initiative was praised by the American economist Jeffrey Sachs and former American President John F. Kennedy.^[5] During the TNCC tenure, an IIT and was opened in the state.^[6]

Security and State Affairs

The Tamil Nadu Congress party has been instrumental in debating and helping strengthen anti-terror and vigilant laws leading to amendments to the Security Laws of the Tamil Nadu Government Departments. Also, Unique Identification Authority of India was established in February 2009, with the help of the Central Government, an agency responsible for implementing the envisioned Multipurpose National Identity Card with the objective of increasing national security and facilitating e-governance.

State Office bearers

AICC

Position in party	Member
General Secretary (State Incharge)	Dinesh Gundu Rao
Secretaty (State Incharge)	Dr. Sirivella Prasad

TNCC

Position in party	Member
State President	K. S. Alagiri
State coordinator	Sasikanth senthil
State CLP Leader	K.Selvaperunthagai
Working Presidents	K. Jayakumar M. K. Vishnu Prasad Mayura Jayakumar Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam

List of president of TNCC

si no	president
1.	C. Rajagopalachari
2.	Tanguturi Prakasam
3.	K. Kamaraj
4.	G.K. Moopanar
5.	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy
6.	Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy
7.	M.Palaniyandi
8.	Kumari Anandan
9.	M. Krishnasamy
10.	K. V. Thangkabalu
11.	B. S. Gnanadesikan
12.	E. V. K. S. Elangovan
13.	Su. Thirunavukkarasar
14.	K. S. Alagiri

List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu from the Congress Party

Madras Presidency

Name	Took Office	Left Office
C. Rajagopalachari	14 July 1937	29 October 1939
T. Prakasam	30 April 1946	23 March 1947
O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar	23 March 1947	6 April 1949
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja	6 April 1949	26 January 1950

Madras State

Name	Took Office	Left Office
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja	27 January 1950	9 April 1952
C. Rajagopalachari	10 April 1952	13 April 1954
K. Kamaraj	13 April 1954	2 October 1963
M. Bhakthavatsalam	2 October 1963	28 February 1967

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election

Year	Party leader	Votes polled	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1937	C. Rajagopalachari	___	159 / 215	159	government
1946	Tanguturi Prakasam	___	163 / 215	4	government
1952	C. Rajagopalachari	69,88,701	152 / 375	11	government
1957	K. Kamaraj	50,46,576	151 / 205	1	government
1962	K. Kamaraj	5,848,974	139 / 206	12	government
1967	M. Bhakthavatsalam	6,293,378	51 / 234	88	Opposition
1971	Chidambaram Subramaniam	Didn't contested	0 / 234	___	Supported the DMK
1977	G. K. Moopanar	2,994,535	32 / 234	11	Opposition INC+
1980	G. K. Moopanar	3,941,900	31 / 234	1	Opposition DMK INC+
1984	M. Palaniyandi	3,529,708	61 / 234	30	government ADMK INC+
1989	G. K. Moopanar	4,780,714	26 / 234	35	Opposition INC+
1991	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	3,743,859	60 / 234	36	government ADMK INC+
1996	Kumari Anandan	___	0 / 234	60	Opposition ADMK INC+
2001	Ravishankar Shukla	696,205	30 / 234	30	government ADMK INC+
2006	M. Krishnasamy	2,765,768	34 / 234	4	government UPA DMK
2011	K. V. Thangkabalu	3,426,432	5 / 234	29	Opposition UPA DMK
2016	E. V. K. S. Elangovan	2,774,075	8 / 234	3	Opposition UPA DMK
2021	K. S. Alagiri	1,976,527	18 / 234	10	government UPA DMK

Lok Sabha elections
Election Year	Election	Votes polled	Won	Change of Seats	Alliance	Result
1951	1st election	__	35 / 75	40	INC+	government
1957	2nd election	__	24 / 34	11	INC+	government
1962	3rd election	__	31 / 41	6	INC+	government
1967	4th election	__	3 / 39	28	INC+	government
1971	5th election	__	1 / 39	2	INC+	government
1977	6th election	__	14 / 39	13	INC+	Opposition
1980	7th election	__	20 / 39	6	INC+	government
1984	8th election	__	25 / 39	5	INC+	government
1989	9th election	__	27 / 39	2	INC+	Opposition
1991	10th election	__	28 / 39	1	INC+	government
1996	11th election	__	0 / 39	28	INC+	Lost
1998	12th election	___	0 / 39	0	INC+	Lost
1999	13th election	__	2 / 39	2	INC+	Opposition
2004	14th election	__	10 / 39	8	INC+	government
2009	15th election	__	8 / 39	2	INC+	government
2014	16th election	__	0 / 39	8	INC+	Lost
2019	17th election	__	9 / 39	8	INC+	Opposition

References

^ "Rahul Gandhi appoints KS Alagiri as new Tamil Nadu Congress president".
^ "All India Congress Committee". AICC. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ N. S. Gehlot (1991). The Congress Party in India: Policies, Culture, Performance. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 177. ISBN 978-81-7100-306-8.
^ "Mid day meal scheme: Food for Thought"
^ Sachs, Jeffrey D. (6 March 2005). "The End of Poverty". Time. Archived from the original on 17 March 2005.
^ "LS passes bill to provide IIT for eight states". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

External links

INC Tamil Nadu website

[1] "Rahul Gandhi appoints KS Alagiri as new Tamil Nadu Congress president".

[2] "All India Congress Committee". AICC. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[Gehlot1991-3] N. S. Gehlot (1991). The Congress Party in India: Policies, Culture, Performance. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 177. ISBN 978-81-7100-306-8.

[4] "Mid day meal scheme: Food for Thought"

[timepoverty-5] Sachs, Jeffrey D. (6 March 2005). "The End of Poverty". Time. Archived from the original on 17 March 2005.

[6] "LS passes bill to provide IIT for eight states". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

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