Puratchi Bharatham Katchi

The Puratchi Bharatham Katchi is an Indian social movement and political party active in the state of Tamil Nadu that seeks to combat caste-based discrimination. It is founded by M. Murthy. The party operates in the states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. M. Jagan Moorthy is the current president of the party. This party was established for education, employment and economic development of the Scheduled Caste people.

History

It was initially started as the Ambedkar Mandram in 1978 by Moorthy and later reformed into Ambedkar People Liberation Front. In 1998, It became a full-fledged political party on its current form of 'Puratchi Bhartham Katchi'. After Poovai Moorthy's death in 2002, his brother M. Jagan Moorthy became the party leader. The party leader M. Jagan Moorthy contested in DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance and won the Arakkonam Assembly constituency in 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election on the DMK symbol. The party extended its support to the AIADMK in the 2016. In the 2021 Tamil Nadu Election, M. Jagan Moorthy contested on behalf of the AIADMK-led Alliance in the Kilvaithinankuppam Assembly constituency on the AIADMK symbol and won 83,989 votes, defeating the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate.

Controversy

There was a case in the court against the usage of Ashoka Chakra in the middle of the party flag.