In grassroots outreach to new cadre, DMK restarts 'mandrams' across TN

EVEN as some senior leaders in the DMK are seen “vibing” and “chilling” in an effort to bridge the generational gap, the party’s youth wing has returned to its organisational roots, reviving grassroots ‘mandrams’ as training grounds for a new generation of cadres.

- PRABHAKAR TAMILARASU

The DMK Youth Wing has begun establishing youth mandrams across Tamil Nadu, with a plan to set up one in every street comprising at least 20 members. The first phase of the initiative was inaugurated on Thursday in the western part of the Thousand Lights Assembly constituency in Chennai West district by Youth Wing secretary and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.

Party sources said the exercise aims to strengthen ideological training and grassroots political engagement at a time when political parties increasingly rely on digital outreach.