The DMK leadership has decided to restructure its organisational districts in the wake of a major setback in the Assembly election. As part of the revamp, the party plans to increase the number of district secretaries from the current 78 to 100.
To examine the reasons behind the defeat, a 36-member field study committee was formed. The committee has held constituency-wise consultations with party functionaries and is expected to submit its report to the leadership on Tuesday.
Following instructions from party president M K Stalin, larger organisational districts are set to be split. The move is aimed at reducing both the jurisdiction of district secretaries and the number of constituencies they oversee.
At present, some district secretaries handle four to five constituencies. The party now intends to allocate only two or three constituencies per district secretary by creating new districts through division, with preparatory work for the changes already under way.
Party functionaries said the heavy workload under some district secretaries had slowed the party’s ability to take organisational work down to the village level, and that closer monitoring of constituencies is expected after the reorganisation.
