Months after facing an electoral setback at the hands of debutant TVK led by Joseph C Vijay, MK Stalin’s DMK is planning an organisational overhaul with focus on young blood after the party passed a resolution to radically restructure the party.
A person elected as Branch Committee Secretary can hold the post for a maximum of two terms, ANI reported. The DMK will expand its organisational districts from 78 to 110, with each district broadly mapped across two Assembly constituencies to ensure localised administration under the new blueprint, the report added. Also, the urban zones will be redrawn by voter density – Chennai Corporation Area Committees will average 40,000 voters, while other corporations will average 30,000 voters per committee, according to PTI report. The resolutions said that the maximum age for a Branch Committee Secretary has been fixed at 45 years.
Addressing the meeting, Stalin said the party had only lost an election, not suffered a permanent defeat.
Stalin acknowledged that the functioning of party office-bearers was among the reasons for the defeat, and said mistakes must be openly admitted. He said that rather than examining each constituency individually and simply replacing people, he opted for a comprehensive self-assessment.
