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{{Infobox Indian political party
| name = Hindu Makkal Katchi
| native_name = Indu Makkal Katchi (IMK)
| abbreviation = HMK or IMK
| logo =
| foundation = 1993
| founder =S. V. Sridhar
| president = Arjun Sampath
| split = [[Hindu Munnani]]
| colorcode = orange
| ideology = [[Hindutva]]
| Political position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<ref name="RW"/>
| youth =
| headquarters = [[Coimbatore]], Tamil Nadu, India
|eci=}}

'''Hindu Makkal Katchi''' ('''HMK''' or '''IMK'''; also referred to as '''Indu Makkal Katchi'''; {{Literal translation|Hindu People's Party}}) is a [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[Hindutva]] political party in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="RW">{{Cite news |date=28 May 2019 |title=Hindu outfit chief visits Sri Lanka, pays homage to Easter attack victims |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/hindu-outfit-chief-visits-sri-lanka-pays-homage-to-easter-attack-victims/article27276458.ece |access-date=2022-08-01 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |quote=Hindu Makkal Katchi founder-leader Arjun Sampath visited Sri Lanka and paid homage to the victims of the [[2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings|Easter Sunday serial blasts]] and those killed in the [[Eelam War IV|2009 civil war]], the Tamil Nadu based right wing outfit said Tuesday. |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2018 |title=Ban Valentine's day celebrations: Tamil Nadu fringe Hindu outfit |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/valentines-day-ban-celebrations-tamil-nadu-fringe-hindu-outfit-5062620/ |access-date=2020-12-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |quote=A Tamil Nadu based fringe Hindu outfit on Tuesday wanted the district administration to ban Valentine’s Day celebrations on Wednesday. Such celebrations are against the culture and tradition of India, Hindu Makkal Katchi president Arjun Sampath told reporters here. |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]}}</ref>

Founded in 1993, it was formed by members of the [[Hindu Munnani]], a [[Militia|militant]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fuller |first=C. J. |date=12 May 2001 |title=The 'Vinayaka Chaturthi' Festival and Hindutva in Tamil Nadu |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |volume=36 |issue=19 |pages=1607–1616}}</ref> Hindutva organisation, under the guidance of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva [[paramilitary]] organisation. It acts as a front for its political activities in Tamil Nadu. Since its inception, the party has functioned in alignment with the objectives of the RSS and its affiliated organisations, collectively referred to as the [[Sangh Parivar]].<ref name="Parvathy AA" />

==Formation==
[[Hindu Munnani]], the parent organisation of the HMK, was established in 1980 by Rama Gopalan, a member of the RSS, as a political wing of the RSS in Tamil Nadu. Since its formation, the Hindu Munnani has functioned as a platform for the RSS the Sangh Parivar.<ref name="Parvathy AA">{{cite book |last1=Parvathy |first1=A. A. |title=Hindutva, Ideology, and Politics |date=2003 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|page=211 |isbn=978-81-7629-450-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpaEt8npT0sC&dq=Hindu+Makkal+Katchi+rss&pg=PA211 |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The Hindu Munnani employed a Hindu communal identity as a means of political mobilisation. During the early 1990s, the state government, led by [[J. Jayalalithaa]] under the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK), exhibited inclinations towards [[Hindutva]], in part, as a reaction to the perceived vote-bank politics of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK). in organizing [[Vinayaka Chathurthi]] processions in major cities of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The endorsement and encouragement of such activities strengthened the relationship between the state government and Gopalan, resulting in his political alignment with Jayalalithaa. This proximity to the ruling dispensation contributed to internal dissent within the Hindu Munnani, leading to a schism in 1993. A faction, led by S. V. Sridhar, seceded to establish a separate organisation named the Hindu Makkal Katchi. Both the Hindu Munnani and Hindu Makkal Katchi have frequently employed inflammatory and abusive language directed at the Muslim community. Their provocative discourse, which often included denunciations of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, significantly heightened communal tensions in the region. These developments played a key role in catalysing the formation of the Muslim organisation [[Al Ummah]], as a counter-response to the rise in [[Islamophobia]].<ref name="Parvathy AA" />

The activities of the RSS, the Hindu Munnani and the HMK continued uninterrupted under Jayalalithaa. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janata Party's]] (BJP) alliance with AIADMK led to further rise in Hindutva in the region. These parties have, at times, used religious festivals to consolidate their support bases, which has sometimes resulted in [[Religious violence|religious riots]].<ref name="Parvathy AA" />

== Structure==
Arjun Sampath is the president of the party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayudha Puja with swords, guns' goes controversial |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/121016/ayudha-puja-with-swords-guns-goes-controversial.html |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=12 October 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Arjun Sampath's son Omkar Balaji is the party's youth wing leader.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hindu Makkal Katchi youth wing leader Omkar Balaji arrested in Chennai |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/hindu-makkal-katchi-youth-wing-leader-omkar-balaji-arrested-in-chennai/article68864854.ece |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== History ==
Owing to a series of extremist activities, the party frequently found itself in conflict with the law. In 1997, its leader, Arjun Sampath, was arrested on charges of [[attempted murder]] of MLA [[C. T. Dhandapani]] and was jailed at the [[Vellore Central Prison]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 1998 |title=A time of troubles |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30160955.ece |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2006, five party activists were arrested for damaging a statue of [[Periyar]], an [[Caste system in India|anti-caste]] and [[Feminism|feminist]] activist, who organised the [[Self-Respect Movement]] and who is considered the architect of [[Dravidian parties|Dravidian politics]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 December 2006 |title=Periyar statue damaged at Srirangam, tension in town |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/periyar-statue-damaged-at-srirangam-tension-in-town/article3030928.ece |access-date=2016-03-30 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In 2008 and 2009, several party members were detained by the police, in an effort to prevent them from staging Hindu nationalist demonstrations on the island of [[Kachchatheevu]], which belongs to [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819202844/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/16/stories/2008081659650800.htm ''Hindu Makkal Katchi members arrested'']. The Hindu, 16 August 2008</ref><ref>[http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=74e203e6-be7e-4a2c-b29e-a848426f7779&CATEGORYNAME=CHN ''Hindu Makkal Katchi TN secretary held''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060742/http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=74e203e6-be7e-4a2c-b29e-a848426f7779&CATEGORYNAME=CHN |date=4 March 2016 }} at Chennai-Online, 23 August 2009</ref>

In 2009, some Tamil fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy. In response, HMK members and supporters started pressuring the Indian government to rescue them from Sri Lanka. When [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Home Minister]] [[P. Chidambaram]] visited Tamil Nadu, HMK supporters showed black flag as a form of protest. 19 supporters were thus arrested and removed from park area by the police.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=3 October 2009 |title=Hindu Makkal Katchi activists arrested |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Hindu-Makkal-Katchi-activists-arrested/article16487893.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218051048/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Hindu-Makkal-Katchi-activists-arrested/article16487893.ece |archive-date=18 February 2025 |access-date= |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

The party has also repeatedly filed charges against famous women. It pressed charges against the [[movie star]]s [[Khushbu Sundar]], [[Shriya Saran]], and [[Mallika Sherawat]], for "indecent dressing" and for supposedly "offending Hindu values."<ref>[https://www.oneindia.com/2008/05/02/hmk-sees-red-with-mallika-sherawats-dressing-1209712011.html ''HMK alleges Mallika Sherawat of misconduct''] at news.oneindia.in on 2 May 2008 (retrieved 24 September 2009)</ref><ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080503/nation.htm#2 ''Moral police targets Mallika Sherawat'']. The Tribune (Online Edition), 2 May 2008</ref> Party members have also harassed women visiting pubs and young couples out on [[Valentine's Day]].<ref>Jeremy Page: [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5729126.ece ''Young Hindutuva members square up to nationalists over Valentine's Day'']{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. [[The Times]], 14 February 2009</ref>

In November 2019, Hindu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Sampath was detained after he draped a saffron shawl on a statue of [[Thiruvalluvar]], in [[Pillaiyarpatti, Thanjavur district|Pillayarpatti, Thanjavur]], in a symbolic Hindu nationalist move.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ganesan |first=S. |date=6 November 2019 |title=Hindu Makkal Katchi founder detained after draping saffron shawl on Thiruvalluvar statue |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/hindu-makkal-katchi-founder-drapes-saffron-shawl-on-thiruvalluvar-statue/article29896414.ece |access-date=2020-08-27 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In January 2018, a group threw [[molotov cocktail]]s at the house of the HMK south zone organising president, named Balamurugan, before fleeing the scene.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-12 |title=Petrol bomb attack on Hindu Makkal Katchi leader's house |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/petrol-bomb-attack-on-hmk-leaders-house-5021816/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> In September 2018, five individuals were arrested by the police, for supposedly plotting to murder HMK leader Sampath.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamil Nadu: Five held in Coimbatore for plotting to murder Hindu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Sampath |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/sep/03/tamil-nadu-five-held-in-coimbatore-for-plotting-to-murder-hindu-makkal-katchi-leader-arjun-sampath-1866775.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=The New Indian Express|date=3 September 2018 }}</ref>

In February 2023, Manikandan, the south district deputy head of the HMK was killed by a gang in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Police said that the accused escaped after committing the crime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamil Nadu: Hindu Makkal Katchi leader hacked to death in Madurai |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/crime/story/tamil-nadu-hindu-makkal-katchi-leader-hacked-death-madurai-2328947-2023-02-01 |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=India Today |date=February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

On May 2023, violence broke out between the members of the Hindu Makkal katchi and BJP members following a heated argument over the 100th episode of Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi's]] [[Mann Ki Baat]].<ref name="fight">{{Cite web |title=Tamil Nadu BJP members come to blows, RSS-linked party leaders get injured {{!}} Video |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-bjp-members-come-to-blows-rss-linked-party-leaders-injured-video-2366902-2023-05-01 |website=India Today |date=May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Members of the HMK and BJP attacked each other with iron rods and tore each other's clothes.<ref name="fight" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=கந்தசாமி |first=ம பா இளையபதி,ரமேஷ் |title=பாஜக Vs இந்து மக்கள் கட்சி... அடிதடி, சட்டைக்கிழிப்பு! - தாராபுரம் தகராறு... என்ன நடந்தது? |url=https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/clash-between-bjp-hindu-makkal-katchi-party-district-leaders-in-dharapuram |website=vikatan.com |date=May 2023 |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=தாராபுரம்: அரைகுறை ஆடையுடன் நடுரோட்டில் பாஜக - இந்து மக்கள் கட்சியினர் அடிதடி |url=https://zeenews.india.com/tamil/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-bjp-hindu-makkal-katchi-workers-clash-dharapuram-442123 |website=Zee Hindustan Tamil |date=May 2023 |language=ta}}</ref> Police confiscated weapons, wooden logs, and iron rods involved in the incident, arrested three individuals, and sent several others to the hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |title=பாஜக - இந்து மக்கள் கட்சி நிர்வாகிகள் இடையே மோதல்.. தாராபுரத்தில் நடந்தது என்ன? |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/tamil/tamil-nadu/state/coimbatore/a-video-of-hindu-makkal-katchi-and-bjp-executives-clash-at-dharapuram-bus-stand-tirupur/tamil-nadu20230501110618570570200 |website=ETV Bharat News |date=May 2023 |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Political Clash in Dharapuram: BJP, Hindu Makkal Katchi Members Arrested |url=https://simplicity.in/index.php/v1/coimbatore/english/news/111197/Political%20Clash%20in%20Dharapuram%20BJP%20Hindu%20Makkal%20Katchi%20Members%20Arrested}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Political parties in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian Hindu political parties]]
[[Category:1993 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1993]]

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