Archive · 14 Nov 2025
DMK Appoints Brahmin Leader V Maitreyan to Party Post for First Time
A political party in India called DMK has made a special appointment.
This party has historically been against the dominance of a specific group, the Brahmins.
For the first time in its 75 years, the DMK has given a leadership role to someone from the Brahmin community, V Maitreyan.
He used to be in other political parties before joining the DMK recently.
Political watchers think this is a way for the DMK to show that it's not against all Brahmins, but against a certain ideology called 'Brahminism'.
It's like saying we don't like a certain way of acting, but we are okay with the people who have that background.
The DMK has appointed V Maitreyan, a member of the Brahmin community, to a party post for the first time in its 75-year history.
Maitreyan has been appointed as the Vice President of the DMK Educationists' Wing.
V Maitreyan is a former Rajya Sabha MP and has previously been associated with the BJP and AIADMK.
He joined the DMK three months prior to this announcement.
Political observers suggest this move is an outreach to the Brahmin community, aiming to differentiate between opposing 'Brahminism' and opposing Brahmins.
- Who
- V Maitreyan, a member of the Brahmin community and former Rajya Sabha MP
- What
- Appointed to a party organizational post (Vice President of the DMK Educationists' Wing)
- When
- Friday (announcement), August (joined DMK)
- Where
- Chennai (DMK headquarters)
- Why
- To signal an outreach to the Brahmin community and to convey that the DMK opposes 'Brahminism' rather than Brahmins themselves.
- Appointee
- V Maitreyan
- New Position
- Vice President of DMK Educationists' Wing
- Party
- DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
- Significance
- First appointment of a Brahmin member to a party organizational post in DMK's 75-year history
- Maitreyan's Background
- Former Rajya Sabha MP, previously with BJP and AIADMK
- Maitreyan Joined DMK
- August