All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi

The All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (transl. All India Equality People's Party; abbr. AISMK) is a Tamil political party in India. The party's founder, president & general secretary is actor R. Sarathkumar. Kumar was a part of DMK in his early political career and then joined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). Later he quit AIADMK and he started his own political party, the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi on 31 August 2007. In 2011 Assembly elections, it contested as a part of the AIADMK alliance and won in two assembly constituencies – Tenkasi and Nanguneri. Sarathkumar won from Tenkasi and Ernavur A. Narayanan won from Nanguneri. C.Raja (Regional Head, Chennai). In just before 2011 Assembly elections he joined in AIADMK alliance and his party was allotted two seats. He won election in the Tenkasi Constituency in 2011 Assembly elections.