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People's Welfare Front (PWF) was a Tamil-Nadu political alliance formed in October 2015. It consisted of four political parties: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-(M)). The alliance contested the 2016 Tamil Nadu and Puducherry legislative assembly elections as one unit.[1] The alliance rejected potential alliance with Indian National Congress, BJP, DMK or ADMK, while hopeful of enlisting and TMC and Puthiya Tamilagam.[1]

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In early November the alliance led movements against price rise, atrocities against minorities and Dalits and efforts to curtail freedom of speech.[2] It has taken a strong position in favour of liquor prohibition in Tamil Nadu. Later it made an electoral alliance with DMDK[3] and Tamil Maanila Congress.[4]

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The alliance consists of one Dravidian party (MDMK) and one Tamil party (VCK) and two leftist parties (CPI and CPI(M)). People's Welfare Front released a Common Minimum Program which all parties agreed to.[5] The major features of the program are as below.

  • Oppose globalisation, liberalisation economic policies and stop the privatisation of state programmes and industries
  • Oppose Hindutva, religious extremism and religious prosecution
  • Oppose powers exploiting caste – work to pass stricter laws preventing violence and discrimination against Dalits
  • Oppose corruption – implement Lokayukta
  • Implement transparent government – information about laws and programs will be released online
  • Increase funding and support for local governance units – implement Right to Public Services legislation in Tamil Nadu
  • Stop the stealing of minerals
  • Promote social justice – preserve 69% reservation, expand reservation in the private sector
  • Mother tongue development – make multilingual education ("first-language-first") mandatory
  • Promote folk arts – establish a university to develop folk arts
  • Work for increase powers and funding for states
  • Work to resolve river water issues
  • Support Sri Lankan Tamils in pursuit of justice and rights
  • Law and order – prevent police brutality
  • Protect democratic rights – fully protect freedom of expression
  • Prohibition – fully implement liquor prohibition in Tamil Nadu
  • Development of agriculture and villages – provide funding and infrastructure services for farmers
  • Land – protect arable land
  • Irrigation – maintain and modernise major irrigation systems
  • Homes and homelessness – provide homes for all without homes
  • Promote crafts and small businesses
  • Electricity – make Tamil Nadu self-sufficient in producing electricity
  • Labour rights – introduce minimum wage of 15,000 per month
  • Education – prevent privatisation of education and develop competitive public educational systems
  • Health – allocate 6% to health; create a multi-purpose public medical training facility in each district
  • Environment – implement stricter environmental standards
  • Employment – fill the two lakhs vacancies without corruption
  • Elimination of poverty – correctly identify people below poverty line (BPL) and deliver welfare services to them
  • Rural employment scheme – increase wages given under rural employment guarantee
  • City people – provide safe drinking water, develop underground sewage system
  • Women welfare – ensure that the state women commission works effectively and reports the results in the state assembly
  • Fishing communities welfare – stop multi-national companies (MNCs) from using sea resources; provide pensions to fishers
  • Minority rights – take strong actions against Hindutva religious violence and hate speech
  • Civil service and teachers – make part-time and shift workers permanent
  • Democratic reform – recommend proportional representation; work for 50% reservation for women in elected offices
  • Inflation – stop online and future trading activities
  • Public distribution – provide basic necessities including fruits and vegetables at subsidised prices
  • Science and Technology – build a central science and technology advanced research centre in southern Tamil Nadu
  • Sports – Make exercise mandatory for all levels until class 12
  • Transportation – Increase number of buses to reduce congestion
  • Road accidents – Separate traffic by building dividers
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