36 Facts About Thol Thirumavalavan

Thol Thirumavalavan rose to prominence in the 1990s as a bahujan leader, and formally entered politics in 1999.

Thol Thirumavalavan has expressed support for Tamil nationalist movements in Sri Lanka.

Thol Thirumavalavan contested the 1999 and 2004 general elections unsuccessfully and won the 2009 general elections from the Chidambaram constituency.

Thol Thirumavalavan won the 2001 state assembly elections in alliance with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a post from which he resigned in 2004 quoting ideological differences with DMK.

Thol Thirumavalavan is an author, and has acted in Tamil cinema.

In 2019 Thol Thirumavalavan regained his Chidambaram seat and has been a vocal Opposition MP.

Thol Thirumavalavan did his Bachelor's course in Chemistry at Presidency college Chennai, Master's degree in Criminology and pursued Law at Madras Law College.

When he was studying at Madras Law College, Thol Thirumavalavan got interested in the Eelam movement, due to Suba Veerapandian.

Thol Thirumavalavan designed a new flag for the organisation and changed its name to Viduthalai Chiruthaigal.

Thol Thirumavalavan was particularly noted for his aggressive speeches which gained him significant recognition.

Thol Thirumavalavan resigned from his job formally in August 1999 to contest the 1999 Indian general elections.

Thol Thirumavalavan contested in Chidambaram, and managed to poll 225,000 votes in his debut elections.

Thol Thirumavalavan alleged in one of his interviews on 22 February 2000 that the opposing DMK administration used National Goonda Act and National Security Act to detain cadres of his party.

Thol Thirumavalavan was elected from Mangalore Constituency to State Legislative Assembly.

Thol Thirumavalavan quoted that he quit as he contested in the symbol of DMK during the 2001 assembly elections.

Thol Thirumavalavan contested from Chidambaram in 2004 general elections, this time with Janata Dal and polled 257,000 votes and lost by a low margin.

Thol Thirumavalavan joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance in the 2006 elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Thol Thirumavalavan's party was recognised by the Election Commission of India as a registered political party on 2 March 2006.

Thol Thirumavalavan's party contested in the local bodies elections in DMK alliance in 2006 and won five chairman to various municipalities.

Thol Thirumavalavan has criticised India for assisting the Sri Lankan army during the Sri Lankan military operations against the LTTE in 2008 and 2009, and has called upon the government of Tamil Nadu to take steps to safeguard the Tamils of Sri Lanka.

Thol Thirumavalavan was a part of the 10 member MP team that visited the war-affected areas and transitional centres in Vavuniya on 11 October 2009.

Hindutva, to Thol Thirumavalavan, is the essence of the oppressive Indian state.

Thol Thirumavalavan believes Sanatan Dharma rejects equality, freedom and brotherhood.

Thol Thirumavalavan says that Sanatana forces wanted to divide people on religious lines to implement Manu Dharma.

Thol Thirumavalavan was cast in the leading role of a film titled Kalaham to play the character of Balasingham, a law college professor, which was being directed by Kalanjiyam.

Thol Thirumavalavan appeared in a song in Mansoor Ali Khan's Ennai Paar Yogam Varum.

Thol Thirumavalavan accused Pattali Makkal Katchi, a Vanniyar caste-based party and its founder Ramadoss of instigating violence among the Vanniyars that result in the attack of Dalits.

Thol Thirumavalavan said he would not have any further alliance with Thirumavalavan and his party.

Thol Thirumavalavan accused Ramadoss that his loss in the electoral base after the 2009 general elections and 2011 assembly elections has resulted in his going back to instigating caste violence.

Thol Thirumavalavan clarified that the idea was to collect donations for the party and that his party did not enjoy support from rich people as with the case of other parties.

Thol Thirumavalavan was mentioning certain portions from Manusmriti on the status of women and their role created a controversy where he allegedly said that the Manusmriti treated all women as prostitutes.

Thol Thirumavalavan claimed that he was not demeaning women but emancipating them and that he was merely quoting great leaders.

The VCK cadre across Tamil Nadu staged protests, after the call for protests by Thol Thirumavalavan urging the state and union government to ban Manusmriti on 24 October 2020 saying that the Manusmriti degrades Dalits, indigenous people, women and backward castes and spreads hate on them.

Thol Thirumavalavan made derogatory remarks on Sanatan Dharma by calling it a contagious disease and a threat to democracy.

Thol Thirumavalavan's remarks received widespread criticism from all over India.

Thol Thirumavalavan made the statement on the backdrop of Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks on Sanatan dharma comparing it to "dengue and malaria".