AruvaVettu

More description about KMP added. This description cites lot of references from India's leading newspapers like Times of India and The Hindu. Neutrality has been maintained by including words like "claimed by leaders or party" which clearly shows that it is not a general fact or belief but the words told by leaaders or party. I am willing to discuss with anyone protesting for changes.

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good work

good work with the KMP. I agree with your edits except one - it began as a caste organisation representing Gounder interests, then repositioned itself as the champion of all kongu nadu in the face of criticism as as caste outfit. I am adding that information with sources.--Sodabottle (talk) 07:10, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Modified the allegations

Hi Sodabottle, first of all I would like to congratulate you for bringing up more description about KMP. In fact wikipedia is a place to learn more.

I completely agree with your first modification that KMP was launched by a caste outfit called Kongu Vellala Goundergal Peravai.

The second modification ("In response to criticism from other parties, that it was castiest in nature") explicitly means that the party was working for a particular caste at the beginning and later changed its agenda. Please observe that this article is only about KMP not about its predecessor. The reference article given by you (http://www.dinamalar.com/Political_detail.asp?news_id=7103) doesnot mention anything that the new party will work only for Gounders. The news article just mentions the launch of new party by the Gounder organisation. Neither the party nor the party's leaders claim that the party was only for Gounders. The second reference (http://hindu.com/2009/04/23/stories/2009042351600300.htm) also just mentions about the other parties accusations. The party general secretary justifies the reason for delay in fielding other caste candidate. Again the news article doesnot explicitly or implicitly mention that the party worked for Gounders initially and later changed. It seems like the party right from its inception is working for the entire kongu region. So I am redesigning your second modification. Please cite a reference that explicitly mentions that KMP worked for a particular caste in the beginning. If you feel that I am not right, you are welcome for more discussions.

Your third modification regarding the by election is a good addition. Securing 9.8% already implies that the candidate lost his deposit (Please look for this website which clearly mentions criteria for losing deposits- http://www.indian-elections.com/electionfaqs/contesting-for-elections.html). Of course parties win some elections and lose some elections. A lot of national parties lost security deposit in the elections starting from India's independance. I don't see any wikipedia articles of contemporary parties (DMK,ADMK,PMK,DMDK etc.) mentioning about the loss of security deposit although they had lost it many times in earlier elections.

Though I am not opposed to non-English references, I prefer English references as this will reduce the probablities of misinterpretations occuring during translations - AruvaVettu

I am moving this discussion to the article talk page. Its better it gets archived there.--Sodabottle (talk) 04:29, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for the info. I will try it nowAruvaVettu (talk) 05:31, 30 November 2010 (UTC)