The DMK passed a resolution setting a 70-year age cap and a three-term limit for its District Committee Secretaries. The post of City Secretary is abolished. The move affects 13 current district secretaries who are aged over 70.
DMK Sets Age, Term Limits for District Secretaries
In a major reorganizational move, the DMK Executive meeting passed a resolution stating that a person elected as District Committee Secretary can hold the post for a maximum of three terms, with age capped at 70 years. According to this, the maximum age for a District Committee Secretary has been fixed at 70 years, and a person can hold the post for a maximum of three terms. Henceforth, there will be no post of City Secretary.
There are currently 13 DMK district secretaries aged over 70. They are, Kancheepuram South secretary K. Sundar(72), Ranipet secretary R Gandhi (80), Tiruvannamalai South secretary E V Velu (75), Villupuram North secretary Gingee K S Masthan (71), Salem East secretary S R Sivlingam (75), Erode South secretary S Muthusamy (77), Thanjavur North secretary Sakkottai K Anbazhagan (72), Pudukkottai South secretar S Regupathy (76), Madurai City secretary Thalapathy (70), Theni South secretary N Ramakrishnan (77), Virudhunagar secretary K K S S R Ramachandran (77), Thoothukudi South secretary Anitha R Radhakrishnan (74), Tirunelveli West secretary R Avudaiyappan (81).
New Guidelines for Local Committees
Meanwhile, Branch Committees will be formed in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, and Salem corporations, and in other corporations wherever necessary, to strengthen the Ward Committees. In the Chennai Corporation, Ward Committees will comprise an average of 10,000 voters, while in other corporations, they will comprise an average of 5,000 voters. The maximum age for Municipal/City/Town Panchayat Ward Committee Secretaries has been fixed at 50 years. A person can hold the post for a maximum of two terms. The maximum age for a Town Panchayat Committee Secretary has been fixed at 60 years, and a person can hold the post for a maximum of two terms.
In the Chennai Corporation, Area Committees will comprise an average of 40,000 voters, while in other corporations, they will comprise an average of 30,000 voters. The maximum age for Area Committee Secretaries has been fixed at 60 years. A person can hold the post for a maximum of two terms. City Committees will comprise an average of 40,000 voters. The maximum age for a City Committee Secretary has been fixed at 60 years, and a person can hold the post for a maximum of two terms.
One Union Committee should be formed for every 30,000 voters on average. The maximum age for a Union Committee Secretary has been fixed at 60 years. A person can hold the post for a maximum of two terms.
Party Reorganisation and Implementation Plan
The party’s organisational structure will be reorganised on the basis of revenue districts, with one Party District for every two Assembly constituencies. If only one constituency remains after the division, it will be combined as a third constituency with a suitable Party District within the same revenue district.
Once the Party President announces the 110 districts, District Executive Committee meetings will be held, and the Union, City, Area and Ward Committees must be reorganised within 15 days in accordance with the guidelines. A District Executive Committee meeting must then be convened again in the presence of a representative deputed by the Party Headquarters. Approval for the newly reorganised structures must be obtained and the details sent to the Party Headquarters.
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