The Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (; TMC(M)) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded by the former member of parliament of the Republic of India G. K. Moopanar on 29 March 1996 as a breakaway faction from the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. After the death of G. K. Moopanar, the party's officials chose G. K. Vasan, the son of the founder, to lead the party in 2002. The TMC(M) was merged with Indian National Congress from 2002 to 2014. The party was again formed after a split from INC in November 2014. It is currently in an alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and is part of the Indian political front, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2019. Party position Mission "To bring back the ‘Golden Rule’ of K. Kamarajar in the state of Tamil Nadu." The party's mission is to provide: corruption-free public administration; sublime law and order without favouritism or discrimination; liquor-free Tamilnadu; free, quality education for all; free medical facilities for all; conflict-free religious harmony; caste-free Tamil society; distribution of power to minority, Dalits and tribes; protection of women's rights ensured labour rights; social Justice with opportunity to all; economic development inclusive to all; uninterrupted power supply; regulated water management; profitable agriculture; abundant food supply; pollution-free environment; un-plunder natural resources; industrial development combined with increased job opportunities; decentralization of power to Panchayat Raj. Ideologies Anti-divisive politics The party strongly believes the need to realm India's pluralist traditions. G. K Moopanar always maintained to preserve the political decency & avoided a culture of violence and divisive politics. He strongly believed in grassroots democracy with people as the stakeholders in all the developmental projects. Secularism Tamil Maanila Congress (M) is existing in a political era of aggressive and conflict oriented politics. The party and the founder were crowned for taking a principled position in 1999 to reserve its political support to then ruling Union Government by not supporting the BJP. Symbols Flag The flag is similar to that of the Indian National Congress party and the Indian National Flag. The colour Orange represents sacrifice, white represents peace and green represents prosperity. The embossed leaders on the party flag are Indian freedom fighter Kamarajar and founding father G K Moopanar. History G. K. Moopanar era (29 March 1996 – 30 August 2001) Following the high command's decision to restore