 Periyar and later Annadurai considered that remaining in the Union meant accepting linguistic domination of the North and backwardness of the South.Nevertheless, after touring the Soviet Union, E. V. K. Sampath opposed the call for Dravida Nadu and declared that the idea of independent Dravida Nadu was an impossible task to achieve.With this difference E. V. K. Sampath and his supporters left DMK and formed their own party.