Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) is the wing of Indian National Congress serving in Tamil Nadu. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The current president is Manickam Tagore.
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 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.
Historically, the party has favoured farmers, labourers, and the working 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."Mid day meal scheme: Food for Thought" 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. During the TNCC tenure, an IIT and was opened in the state.
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.
Structure and composition S.no Name Designation 1.Ghulam Ahmad Mir AICC Incharge 2.Suraj N HegdeAICC Secretary3.Manickam TagorePresidentTamil Nadu Congress Committee4.Ruby R. ManoharanTreasurerTamil Nadu Congress Committee5. Tharahai CuthbertCLP LeaderTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
List of presidents S.no President Portrait Term1.C. Rajagopalachari 1931 19352.S. Satyamurti May 1935 December 19363.C. N. Muthuranga Mudaliar 6 December 1936 January 1939 4.O. P. Ramaswamy ReddiyarJanuary 1939February 19405.K. Kamaraj 15 February 1940 19526.P. Subbarayan 1952 1952(5).K. Kamaraj1952April 19547.K. Sattanatha KarayalarApril 1954December 19548.P. KakkanDecember 195419579.K. Rajaram Naidu1957196010.O. V. Alagesan1960196211.R. Krishnasamy Naidu1962196712.Chidambaram SubramaniamDecember 1967December 196913.R. V. Swaminathan Cong(I)December 1969February 1976(8).P. Kakkan Cong(O)December 1969December 197214.P. Ramachandran Cong(O)December 1972March 197715.G.K. Moopanar February 1976 March 197916.L. Elayaperumal March 1979 198017.M. P. Subramaniam 1980 September 198218.Maragatham Chandrasekar September 1982 May 1983 19.M. Palaniyandi May 1983 1988(15).G.K. Moopanar1988198920.Vazhappady K. RamamurthyMay 1989 January 199521.Kumari Anandan January 1995 March 199722.K. V. Thangkabalu March 1997 July 199823.Tindivanam K. RamamurthyJuly 1998 June 200024.E. V. K. S. Elangovan June 2000 Sep 200225.So. Balakrishnan Sep 2002 Nov 200326.G. K. Vasan Nov 2003 Feb 200627.M. Krishnasamy Feb 2006 July 2008(22).K. V. ThangkabaluJuly 2008November 2011 28.B. S. Gnanadesikan November 2011 October 2014(24).E. V. K. S. Elangovan Nov 2014 Sep 201625.Su. Thirunavukkarasar Sep 2016 Feb 201926.K. S. Alagiri Feb 2019 Feb 202427.K. Selvaperunthagai Feb 2024 June 2026 28.Manickam Tagore June 2026 Incumbent
List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu from the Congress Party
Madras Presidency Name Portrait 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 Name Portrait 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
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections
Year Party leader Votes polled Seats won Changein seats OutcomeMadras Presidency1937C. RajagopalachariNew1946Tanguturi Prakasam 4Madras State1952C. Rajagopalachari6,988,701NewMadras State (Tamil Nadu)1957K. Kamaraj5,046,576New19625,848,974 121967M. Bhakthavatsalam6,293,378 88Tamil Nadu1971P. Kakkan Congress (O)5,513,894 361977G. K. Moopanar2,994,535 121980M. P. Subramaniam3,941,900 41984M. Palaniyandi3,529,708 301989G. K. Moopanar4,780,714 351991Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy3,743,859 341996Kumari Anandan1,523,340 602001E. V. K. S. Elangovan696,205 302006M. Krishnasamy2,765,768 42011K. V. Thangkabalu3,426,432 292016E. V. K. S. Elangovan2,774,075 32021K. S. Alagiri1,976,527 102026K. Selvaperunthagai 1,66,1312 13 • Madras State was completely reorganized into the present state of Tamil Nadu in the year 1956. But the name was changed to Tamil Nadu only in the year 1969
Lok Sabha elections (M.P in Tamilnadu) + Lok Sabha ElectionsYearLok SabhaSeats contestedSeats won(+/-) in seats% of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome19511st7536.39%72,53,45219572nd41 446.52% 10.1350,94,55219623rd4145.26% 1.2656,23,01319674th39 2841.69% 3.5764,36,71019715th9 612.51% 29.1819,95,56719776th15 522.27% 9.7639,77,30619807th22 631.62% 9.3558,21,41119848th26 540.51% 8.8987,55,87119899th28 239.86% 0.651,05,24,027199110th28 142.57% 2.711,05,10,569199611th29 2818.26% 24.3149,65,364199812th354.78% 13.4812,23,102199913th11 211.10% 6.3230,22,107200414th10 814.40% 3.3041,34,255200915th15 215.03% 0.6345,67,779201416th39 84.37% 10.6617,50,990201917th9 812.72% 8.3554,05,674202418th9 110.67% 2.0546,32,770
See also Congress Working Committee All India Congress Committee (AICC) Pradesh Congress Committee Indian Youth Congress All India Mahila Congress National Students Union of India
References
External links INC Tamil Nadu website