relations with the AIADMK, Moopanar's followers in Congress(I) formed a new party at Thiruparankundram on March 29, 1996. Later, a new regional political party has been formed by Congressmen in the name of Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress, owing to loyalty to G. K. Moopanar on April 1, 1996. G. K Moopanar was an affable Political Strategist and a Trouble Shooter who never stooped to power rather led a pure and simple life of an ordinary citizen. But there have been an instances, where G. K Moopanar to be crowned for top leadership yet he preferred to identify the leaders for top job and chose to work in strengthening the party. The party born out of historical need to defend the principal system of transparent, clean and civilized politics. Moopanar in the year 1996 sensed the need to formulate a political party, which satisfies the regional aspiration and ethos and formed the Tamil Maanila Congress. G.K Moopanar was a follower of K. Kamarajar. K. Kamarajar had identified G. K Moopanar as his political heir. In the early 1970s Indra Gandhi wished to integrate both Indian National Congress (O) and Indian National Congress (I) and merged both the parties. Moopanar who was faithful to the parent body was made the president of the Congress party in Tamil Nadu. The dramatic rise and spread of the Dravidian movement in the state shrunk the Congress, once the largest political party in the state. Kamarajar identified Indra Gandhi for the leadership and G. K Moopanar along with other important national leaders identified the then Rajiv Gandhi for the top job. Moopanar was committed to secularism and cultural pluralism, who completely devoted himself for the service to humanity. In recognizing his contribution to the nation, Indian postal department commemorated him by releasing a stamp in 2010. In 1998, G K Moopanar's efforts ensured to declared a classical status to Tamil language by then Union Government in the year 2004. In 1999, Moopanar refused to support the BJP-led government's vote of trust in Lok Sabha, which finally caused the collapse of the Vajpayee government due to the lack of just one vote. Moopanar argued that he had committed himself to secular values and would never endorse then BJP, even under pressure from his then major ally, late DMK leader M Karunanidhi. This was especially considering the fact that Moopanar only founded the party to support the DMK