Puthiya Needhi Katchi

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Puthiya Needhi Katchi (New Justice Party), is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. It is headed by A.C. Shanmugham, a former AIADMK member. The party was started just before the 2001 Tamil Nadu assembly election. The leader of the party claims to represent Mudaliars and he argued that Vanniars have exploited the political machinery in Tamil Nadu through Pattali Makkal Katchi to attain reservation benefits and political representations.^[1] In September 2009, the party renamed itself as Needhi Katchi by dropping the pudhiya (lit. new) prefix.^[2]

References

↑ A. K. J. Wyatt (2002). "New Alignments in South Indian politics: The 2001 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu". Asian Survey 42 (5): 743–744. doi:10.1525/as.2002.42.5.733. JSTOR 3038896.
↑ "Puthiya Needhi Katchi gets a makeover". Indian Express. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

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State Parties	All India N.R. Congress All Jharkhand Students Union Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party Lok Janshakti Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Naga People's Front National People's Party Pattali Makkal Katchi Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Shiromani Akali Dal Shiv Sena Telugu Desam Party

Registered Unrecognised Parties	Apna Dal Bahujan Republican Ekta Manch Goa Vikas Party Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi Jammu & Kashmir People's Conference Jana Sena Party Kamtapur People's Party Kerala Congress (Nationalist) Kerala Congress (Thomas) Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi Manipur Peoples Party Puthiya Needhi Katchi Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Republican Party of India (A) Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) Swabhimani Paksha

Member fronts	North-East Regional Political Front United Democratic Front

Member Organisation(s)	Shiv Sangram

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