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AIADMK now also operates in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka, having had
elected representation in the last of these, as well as among the Tamil
diaspora in other parts of India and abroad. Jayalithaa was succeeded by
Sasikala Natarajan as the party leader (the third woman in succession), and
by O. Panneerselvam as the Chief Minister (he already served twice when
Jayalalithaa was removed from office due to legal investigations). The
long-established trend of Tamil actors and other filmmakers entering the
politics was largely boosted, if not started, by the AIADMK and its rivalry
with the DMK is one of main features of the politics in Tamil Nadu.
Source: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam
Tomislav Todorovic, 7 January 2017
The flag of AIADMK is described in the Article 4 of the party Constitution ("Rules and Regulations", as officially called) as a black-red horizontal bicolor with the white bust of Annadurai in center, depicted as pointing with his forefinger towards the fly; the ratio is 2:3. While the shade of red is not specified, R+ is typically used.
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 7 January 2017
Very frequently, the flag is amended with a white disc carrying the party
election symbol "two leaves" within a red ring on a white disc, positioned so
that the forefinger of Annadurai points to it; the symbol, which is simply
drawn in black on white field for other
purposes, is painted green on the
flag. The ring is sometimes black instead of red, but that
seems to be used very rarely. This flag may be used either alone or
together with the official one.
image
by Tomislav Todorovic, 7 January 2017
The flag with election symbol
also has a vertical variant, ratio 2:1 or close, which is not used frequently,
but still enough to have been recorded more than once.
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 8 January 2017
Along with its official flag and its unofficial modifications, AIADMK also uses black-white-red horizontal tricolor flags. This is the design also used for the shawls worn by the party activists and supporters, according to a widespread custom in India. Whether the flags were modeled after the shawls, or vice versa, the design was certainly introduced in order to avoid the confusion with the symbols used by the main rival, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. On the white field, a number of charges can be added, such as the election symbol or faces of MGR or Jayalalithaa; the number and disposition of these are not fixed, and neither is the color (black, green, blue and red have all been used, as well as combinations of these), so it is clear that none of these variants have official status. Still it is clear that all of the tricolor flags, plain of defaced, are too numerous to be used without the party consent. Regarding the ratio of these flags, it may vary from 1:1 to 1:2, but 2:3 is the most used.
image
by Tomislav Todorovic, 8 January 2017
A variant of tricolor flag worth being mentioned separately was seen
in Pallavaram, Tamil Nadu, on 2009-05-09. There, the white field was
defaced with white bust of Annadurai, outlined black and depicted in the
same stance as in the official party flag.
Tomislav Todorovic, 8 January 2017
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 8 January 2017
On tricolor flags of AIADMK, the white stripe may be narrower than the other two. Such a flag, with ratio 1:1 or close, was photographed in Krishnagiri on 2009-04-06.
image
by Tomislav Todorovic, 8 January 2017
The three colors may also be arranged vertically. Such flags,
with ratio 2:3 or close and a very narrow white stripe, were photographed in South Chennai on
2009-05-10. The stripe width seemed to vary somewhat and it might have been a
bit off-centre (closer to the hoist) on some of the flags, although it was
not easy to tell.
image
by Tomislav Todorovic, 8 January 2017
Finally, the only vertical
tricolor flag of AIADMK was photographed in Villupuram on 2009-04-06. There,
the colors were arranged vertically, white stripe was much narrower than the
other two, and the ratio was about 5:4, although it was not easy to tell.
Tomislav Todorovic, 8 January 2017
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 12 April 2018
Another vertical tricolor flag of the party was photographed in Coimbatore
on 2017-11-01. A row of such flags was hoisted at the bottom of Gandhipuram
flyover. On them, three colors were arranged horizontally, each occupying
one-third of the flag width. The white field was defaced with white bust of
Annadurai, outlined black and stylized in the same way as in the official
party flag. The ratio was 3:1 or very close.
Source: The Hindu
newspaper website - News entry on 2017-11-02:
http://www.thehindu.com
Tomislav Todorovic, 12 April 2018