At the 34th founding day celebrations of the party, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss criticised the Dravidian model.
Hoisting the party flag at Rajakilipakkam near Tambaram, he criticised the ‘Dravidian model’ for high costs of health care and education. He was also critical of the much-famed urbanisation of Tamil Nadu. “This is not development. I see it as a defeat, not victory. In my view, real development is people staying in their own villages and being able to find jobs,” he said.