DMDK general secretary Premallatha to tour T.N. from August 3

DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant will embark on the first phase of her State-wide tour to meet the voters and booth committee agents of the party from August 3, the party announced on Monday.

She will kickstart the tour from Tiruvallur and travel across northern and western districts. The first phase will be wrapped up in Chengalpattu on August 23.

Sources in the party said that former general secretary and party founder Vijayakant, had undertaken a similar tour in 2017 to appraise the actual strength of the party at the grassroots.

“It has been a while since the leader of the party met the party cadre. Our general secretary will meet the people and the party workers to understand their point of view. The party cadre will feel energised by this tour,” said former MLA and DMDK’s deputy general secretary B. Parthasarathy.

Furthermore, sources added that the exercise was necessary as it would reveal the extent to which the party’s support base has got eroded and help towards restoring it.

Ms. Premallatha’s decision to meet the party workers and enthuse them was to prepare for the grand public rally planned in Cuddalore on January 9.

With DMDK believed to be keeping their options open, Ms. Premallatha has said that they would make their position clear on the alliance in the public rally on January 9, even after the AIADMK allotted a Rajya Sabha seat to it and announced that the alliance between both the parties would continue.

Ms. Premallatha’s son V. Vijaya Prabhakaran, who has been promoted as the young face of the party recently and appointed as Youth Wing Secretary, is also expected to accompany her in the tour after narrowly losing the Virudhunagar Parliamentary constituency in 2024 Lok Sabha election.