Party profile
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Furthest from the middle on Recognition, toward Group remedies.
Where they stand
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.
Welfare
−7.0Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provisionMarkets
−1.5State-led developmentMarket-led developmentRecognition
+9.5Formal equalityGroup remediesNation
−8.5PluralistMajoritarianAuthority
−3.5Civil libertiesStrong stateCulture
−6.5Personal autonomyTraditional normsFederalism
+9.5CentreStates
The record, axis by axis
Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.
₹1,000/month to women householders, free bus travel, the school breakfast scheme, and Pudhumai Penn scholarships
Opposes the labour codes and central disinvestment of BHEL and Salem Steel, while running the state that courts Foxconn, Tata and Ola hardest
69% reservation protected under the Ninth Schedule, internal quota for Arundhathiyars, opposition to EWS in the Supreme Court, anti-NEET on social-justice grounds
Assembly resolutions against CAA and UCC, Periyarite anti-Hindutva lineage, minority representation as a founding commitment
Released long-held political prisoners and opposes central-agency overreach, while its own police keep filing cases against critics and YouTubers
Self-respect marriages have statutory force under Section 7-A, women and non-Brahmin temple priests appointed, India's first transgender welfare board
The 1974 Rajamannar Committee on state autonomy, anti-Hindi imposition, NEP refusal, and the 2025 southern delimitation conference
And where do you stand?
Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.
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