Tamil Nadu Congress Committee

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
President	K. S. Alagiri
Chairperson	K.Selvaperunthagai [1]
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
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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.	Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy
6.	M.Palaniyandi
7.	Kumari Anandan
8.	K. V. Thangkabalu
9.	Su. Thirunavukkarasar
10.	E. V. K. S. Elangovan

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 (Tamil Nadu)[]

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

Election results[]

Tamil Nadu Assembly

Election Year	Election	Votes polled	Won	Change of Seats	Alliance	Result
1937	First Assembly	___	159 / 215	159	INC+	government
1946	Second Assembly	__	163 / 215	4	INC+	government
1952	1st Assembly	69,88,701	152 / 375	11	INC+	government
1957	2nd Assembly	50,46,576	151 / 205	1	INC+	government
1962	3rd Assembly	5,848,974	139 / 206	12	INC+	government
1967	4th Assembly	6,293,378	51 / 234	88	INC+	Opposition
1971	5th Assembly	_____	0 / 234	_____	______	_____
1977	6th Assembly	2,994,535	32 / 234	11	INC+	Opposition
1980	7th Assembly	3,941,900	31 / 234	1	DMK-INC+	Opposition
1984	8th Assembly	3,529,708	61 / 234	30	AIADMK-INC+	government
1989	9th Assembly	4,780,714	26 / 234	35	inc+	Opposition
1991	10th Assembly	3,743,859	60 / 234	36	AIADMK-INC+	government
1996	11th Assembly		0 / 234	60	AIADMK-INC+	Lost
2001	12th Assembly	696,205	30 / 234	30	AIADMK-INC+	government
2006	13th Assembly	2,765,768	34 / 234	4	UPA	government
2011	14th Assembly	3,426,432	5 / 234	29	UPA	Opposition
2016	15th Assembly	2,774,075	8 / 234	3	UPA	Opposition
2021	16th Assembly	1,976,527	18 / 234	10	SPA	government

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

See also[]

• Congress Working Committee
• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee

References[]

External links[]

• INC Tamil Nadu website