MK Stalin picks 33 new party districts; Chennai gets 4 more segments

CHENNAI: DMK president MK Stalin on Friday announced a major organisational revamp of the party, increasing the number of organisational districts from 77 to 110, with each district generally covering two Assembly constituencies.

Chennai will have 10 organisational districts, while the Sholinganallur Assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district will be made an exclusive organisational district.

In a statement, Stalin said the party's high-level executive committee meeting held on August 22 had adopted several resolutions on administrative and organisational reforms, including the conduct of the DMK's 16th organisational elections and restructuring of the party at various levels.

The meeting authorised Stalin to decide the Assembly constituencies to be brought under each of the newly constituted districts.

Stalin said Sholinganallur would be the only Assembly constituency to be made an exclusive organisational district, citing its large population and the highest number of voters, at around 5.5 lakh.

Under the restructuring, Chennai will have 10 organisational districts, up from six. Madurai, Salem, and Coimbatore will each have five districts, up from three previously. Tiruvannamalai, Tiruppur, and Erode will each have four districts, up from two.

Tiruchy will have four organisational districts, up from three, with former ministers Anbil Mahesh and KN Nehru among those in charge.

Stalin directed the existing district secretaries of all the newly constituted 110 districts to convene district executive committee meetings in the presence of representatives deputed by the party headquarters.

The district units have been asked to submit recommendations within 15 days for reorganising the party's city, union, area, town, ward and branch-level structures in line with the newly created organisational districts.

Stalin also instructed party functionaries to carry out the restructuring in accordance with the resolutions adopted at the executive committee meeting and the guidelines to be issued by the party's restructuring committee.